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Names: Swanson, Doug J., 1953– author.
Title: Cult of glory : the bold and brutal history of the Texas Rangers / Doug J. Swanson.
Description: [New York, New York] : Viking, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019049804 (print) | LCCN 2019049805 (ebook) | ISBN 9781101979860 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781101979884 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Texas Rangers—History. | Law enforcement—Texas—History. | Texas—History.
Classification: LCC F386 .S94 2020 (print) | LCC F386 (ebook) | DDC 363.209764—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019049804
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019049805
Illustration by Daniel Lagin
Cover design: Nayon Cho
Cover photograph: Andrew Jackson Sowell, a Texas Ranger, holding a rifle by the barrel in his right hand, and a knife in his left, by D. P. Barr. Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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