Whiskey River Ranger: The Old West Life Of Baz Outlaw (frances B. Vick Series)
by Bob Alexander /
2016 / English / PDF
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Captain Frank Jones, a famed nineteenth-century Texas Ranger,
said of his company’s top sergeant, Baz Outlaw (1854–1894), “A
man of unusual courage and coolness and in a close place is worth
two or three ordinary men.” Another old-time Texas Ranger
declared that Baz Outlaw “was one of the worst and most
dangerous” because “he never knew what fear was.” But not all
thought so highly of him. In
Captain Frank Jones, a famed nineteenth-century Texas Ranger,
said of his company’s top sergeant, Baz Outlaw (1854–1894), “A
man of unusual courage and coolness and in a close place is worth
two or three ordinary men.” Another old-time Texas Ranger
declared that Baz Outlaw “was one of the worst and most
dangerous” because “he never knew what fear was.” But not all
thought so highly of him. InWhiskey River Ranger
Whiskey River Ranger, Bob
Alexander tells for the first time the full story of this
troubled Texas Ranger and his losing battle with
alcoholism.
, Bob
Alexander tells for the first time the full story of this
troubled Texas Ranger and his losing battle with
alcoholism.
In his career Baz Outlaw wore a badge as a Texas Ranger and also
as a Deputy US Marshal. He could be a fearless and crackerjack
lawman, as well as an unmanageable manic. Although Baz Outlaw’s
badge-wearing career was sometimes heroically creditable, at
other times his self-induced nightmarish imbroglios teased and
tested Texas Ranger management’s resoluteness.
In his career Baz Outlaw wore a badge as a Texas Ranger and also
as a Deputy US Marshal. He could be a fearless and crackerjack
lawman, as well as an unmanageable manic. Although Baz Outlaw’s
badge-wearing career was sometimes heroically creditable, at
other times his self-induced nightmarish imbroglios teased and
tested Texas Ranger management’s resoluteness.
Baz Outlaw’s true-life story is jam-packed with fellows owning
well-known names, including Texas Rangers, city marshals,
sheriffs, and steely-eyed mean-spirited miscreants. Baz Outlaw’s
tale is complete with horseback chases, explosive train
robberies, vigilante justice (or injustice), nighttime ambushes
and bushwhacking, and episodes of scorching six-shooter finality.
Baz met his end in a brothel brawl at the hands of John Selman,
the same gunfighter who killed John Wesley Hardin.
Baz Outlaw’s true-life story is jam-packed with fellows owning
well-known names, including Texas Rangers, city marshals,
sheriffs, and steely-eyed mean-spirited miscreants. Baz Outlaw’s
tale is complete with horseback chases, explosive train
robberies, vigilante justice (or injustice), nighttime ambushes
and bushwhacking, and episodes of scorching six-shooter finality.
Baz met his end in a brothel brawl at the hands of John Selman,
the same gunfighter who killed John Wesley Hardin.