TY  - BOOK
AU  - Parsons,Chuck
TI  - Pidge, Texas RangerT.C. Robinson ; edited and with an introduction by Chuck Parsons
SN  - 9781603449977
AV  - F391 .P534 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - College Station
PB  - Texas A&M University Press
KW  - Robinson, T. C.,
KW  - Texas Rangers
KW  - Biography
KW  - Peace officers
KW  - Texas
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; The Austin letters --; Pidge and the Dewitt County feud --; Pidge and the Rio Grande frontier --; The last gunfight; 2; b
N2  - Thomas C. (Pidge) Robinson came to Texas from Virginia at the age of 27, fleeing a feud with a neighbor who opposed Robinson's amorous intentions toward the neighbor's sister. He joined the Texas Rangers in 1874, serving with legendary Capt. Leander H. McNelly's Washington County Volunteer Militia Company A. He earned the rank of first lieutenant in this Texas Ranger company. Two years later he returned to Virginia to avenge his honor and claim the woman he loved. A learned and witty writer who sent back letters, poems, and reports for publication in Aus
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