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Article: The Texas Rangers and the Mexican Revolution: The Bloodiest Decade, 1910-1920
- Article from:
- The Journal of Southern History
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
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CopyrightCopyright Southern Historical Association Nov 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The Texas Rangers and the Mexican Revolution: The Bloodiest Decade, 1910-1920. By Charles H. Harris III and Louis R. Sadler. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, c. 2004. Pp. xiv, 673. $37.50, ISBN 0-8263-3483-0.)
Although the controversial activities of the Texas Rangers during the era of the Mexican Revolution prompted a state congressional investigation in 1919, the subject received relatively little attention (at least from Anglo researchers) during the twentieth century. Recent years, however, have witnessed the appearance of several projects that consider these events, including Benjamin H. Johnson's Revolution in Texas: How a Forgotten Rebellion and Its Bloody Suppression ...