As a young man, Arturo Rodriguez was always the guardian of the
underdog. This theme carried through to his adult life when he
became the first Mexican-American Texas Ranger, an intense and
dramatic event in South Texas history. In "Rodriguez... Texas
Ranger " author Rick Harper recounts Rodriguez's life and law
enforcement career.
As Harper tells Rodriguez's story, he also chronicles many of
Texas and Mexico's significant historical events and their
corresponding sociocultural, economic, and racial developmental
patterns to demonstrate not only their immediate impact, but also
the ways in which these events and patterns framed the region's
present state.
Providing insight into the dynamic nature of Texas during the
1960s and '70s, "Rodriguez... Texas Ranger " tells a tale of
Gringos and Chicanos, justice and vengeance, the law and the
lawless, pistoleros and politics, sharpshooters and shopkeepers,
ranchers and farmers, cowboys and cattle drives, governors and goat
headers, and Texas Rangers. It's about the passing of a frontier
system and the emergence of modern times.
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