{"product_id":"9781574416909","title":"The Ranger Ideal, Volume 1: Texas Rangers in the Hall of Fame, 1823-1861","description":"\u003cp\u003eEstablished in Waco in 1968, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum honors the iconic Texas Rangers, a service which has existed, in one form or another, since 1823. They have become legendary symbols of Texas and the American West. Thirty-one Rangers, with lives spanning more than two centuries, have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Ranger Ideal Volume 1: Texas Rangers in the Hall of Fame, 1823–1861\u003c\/i\u003e, Darren L. Ivey presents capsule biographies of the seven inductees who served Texas before the Civil War. He begins with Stephen F. Austin, “the Father of Texas,” who laid the foundations of the Ranger service, and then covers John C. Hays, Ben McCulloch, Samuel H. Walker, William A. A. “Bigfoot” Wallace, John S. Ford, and Lawrence Sul Ross.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing primary records and reliable secondary sources, and rejecting apocryphal tales, \u003ci\u003eThe Ranger Ideal\u003c\/i\u003e presents the true stories of these intrepid men who fought to tame a land with gallantry, grit, and guns. This Volume 1 is the first of a planned three-volume series covering all of the Texas Rangers inducted in the Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049474343152,"sku":"9781574416909","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781574416909_p0.jpg?v=1763796017","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781574416909","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}