FRONTIER DEFENSE IN THE CIVIL WAR: Texas' Rangers and Rebels
College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by David Paul Smith on a bookplate affixed to the half-title. "Texans faced two foes as the Civil War began in 1861: the Union armed forces and the Plains Indians. In this breakthrough volume, David Paul Smith demonstrates that through the efforts of the Home Guard and the Texas Rangers, the Texas frontier held its own during the eventful war years, in spite of a number of factors that could easily have overwhelmed it." Octavo: xiv, 237, [1] pp. with 6 maps. Original gray cloth binding, with black-stamped titling. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Fine / Fine. Item #80272
ISBN: 089096484X
Price: $50.00