Captain Bill Mcdonald, Texas Ranger

ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE

Publication: J J Little & Ives Co, 1909, New York

First edition. "Special Subscriber Edition." Red cloth, gilt-stamped with photograph on front panel. 448 pp., frontispiece, several illustrations, appendices. "This is the life of the most famous Texas Ranger of the time, the man who it was said would 'charge hell with a bucket of water'." He became a Deputy Sheriff of Wood County and his reputation as a lawman began to grow. He was appointed Special Ranger and U.S. Marshall in Hardeman County in the 1880's and his exploits in No Mans Land and the Cherokee Strip soon made him a Texas legend. He became a Captain of the Texas Rangers in 1891, serving until 1907 with ever-increasing renown. In 1896 he was sent alone to stop the Fitzsimmons-Maher prize fight; in 1905 he escorted President Theodore Roosevelt through Texas; in 1906 he was in charge of the investigation of the Brownsville riot; in 1912 he was bodyguard to President Woodrow Wilson. All but the last of these are recounted vividly by Paine along with accounts of his fights against cattle thieves, outlaws (he stood down Bat Masterson, who seldom back away from a fight), train and bank robbers, rioters, etc."---John H. Jenkins. "A biography of one of the better-known Texas Rangers, this volume deals with many Texas and Oklahoma outlaws."---Ramon Adams. An attractive copy in the seldom-seen red cloth with McDonald's photograph on front cover. Gilt stamping and cover portrait are clean and bright. This book was issued in three bindings with the most expensive bound in full morocco, the next in red cloth with the portrait of McDonald affixed to the front cover, and the blue cloth which is most commonly found. A few scuffs on bottom part of back panel and one along back edge of spine, else an unusually clean, bright ,tight copy, The dust jacket is in fine condition. Card with the author's autograph laid-in. A handsome copy protected in a cloth slipcase with title, author, and year of publication in gilt on leather label on spine.

Inventory Number: 53356