Overview
The explosive and bloody true history of Texas Rangers Company F, hard men who risked their lives to bring justice to a lawless frontier Between 1886 and 1888, Sgt. James Brooks of Texas Ranger Company F was engaged in three fatal gunfights, endured disfiguring bullet wounds, engaged in countless manhunts, was convicted for second-degree murder, and rattled Washington, DC, with a request for a pardon from the US president. His story anchors the tale of Joe Pappalardo's Red Sky Morning, an epic saga of lawmen and criminals set in Texas during the waning years of the Old West. Alongside Brooks are the Rangers of Company F, who range from a pious teetotaller to a cowboy fleeing retribution for killing a man. They are all led by Captain William Scott, who cut his teeth as a freelance undercover informant but is now facing the end of his Ranger career. Company F hunts criminals across Texas and beyond, killing them as needed, and are confident they can bring anyone to Ranger justice. But Brooks's men may have met their match in the Conner family, East Texas master hunters and jailbreakers who are wanted for their part in a bloody family feud. The full story of Company F's showdown with the Conner family is finally being told, with long-dead voices being heard for the first time. This truly hidden history paints the grim picture of neighbors and relatives becoming snitches and bounty hunters, and a company of Texas Rangers who waded into the conflict only to find themselves over their heads--and in the fight of their lives.
Full Product Details
Author: Joe Pappalardo ,
Chris Abell
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
Edition: Library Edition
ISBN: 9798200890576
Publication Date: 12 July 2022
Audience:
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Red Sky Morning tells the tale of a bloody family rivalry worthy of a Jason Isbell song...Pappalardo has delivered a hard-scrabble story that pairs well with a glass of nice whiskey. -- Michael Mooney, New York Times bestselling author
Author Information
Joe Pappelardo is the author of the critically acclaimed books Inferno: The True Story of a B-17 Gunner's Heroism and the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History; Sunflowers: The Secret History; and Spaceport Earth: The Reinvention of Spaceflight. Pappalardo is a freelance journalist and former associate editor of Air & Space Smithsonian magazine, a writing contributor to National Geographic magazine, a contributor to Texas Monthly, and a former senior editor and current contributor to Popular Mechanics. He has appeared on C-Span, CNN, Fox News, and television shows on the Science Channel and the History Channel.
