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Texas Ranger
Captain Rickert was tough. Flatly, he told the new recruits in the Texas "You will be paid forty dollars a month. You will provide your own clothes, guns, ammunition, horse, saddle, and you'll feed yourself."
Mass Market Paperback
First published May 13, 1989
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May 3, 2023
What an excellent novel! When deputy sheriff Jim Temple gets fed up and quits, he heads for Laredo where there is a headquarters for the vaunted Texas Rangers: He intends to sign up.
The state has decided to beef up the Rangers, even raising the paltry wage -- from which any Ranger must pay for his own clothing, weapons, horse, and food! -- and try to hire more men.
What Temple must go through, first to get chosen from among the would-be recruits, and then to learn how to be a Ranger, meaning, among other things, knowing Texas law, would be an interesting story in itself, but after some time in learning the How-To, Temple gets assigned to a case.
Characters, setting, and the intricate plot are all worthy of a reader's time, and I highly recommend this "Texas Ranger" -- and I say "this" because it's obviously a popular title.
There is, however, one apparent flaw: When there is an opening for a deputy sheriff in this town, or for a sheriff, the author shows it as being a matter for the mayor and town leadership. No, that's not how it works: A sheriff, in these United States, is a county matter. A mayor or a town might decide who is marshal, but a sheriff is the highest elected official in a county. A county board of supervisors might decide on a replacement, in case of death or resignation, but not a mayor.
Although it is a surprisingly common flaw, it is a minor one. In this book, it certainly is. Again, I recommend "Texas Ranger" by Wade Everett.
The state has decided to beef up the Rangers, even raising the paltry wage -- from which any Ranger must pay for his own clothing, weapons, horse, and food! -- and try to hire more men.
What Temple must go through, first to get chosen from among the would-be recruits, and then to learn how to be a Ranger, meaning, among other things, knowing Texas law, would be an interesting story in itself, but after some time in learning the How-To, Temple gets assigned to a case.
Characters, setting, and the intricate plot are all worthy of a reader's time, and I highly recommend this "Texas Ranger" -- and I say "this" because it's obviously a popular title.
There is, however, one apparent flaw: When there is an opening for a deputy sheriff in this town, or for a sheriff, the author shows it as being a matter for the mayor and town leadership. No, that's not how it works: A sheriff, in these United States, is a county matter. A mayor or a town might decide who is marshal, but a sheriff is the highest elected official in a county. A county board of supervisors might decide on a replacement, in case of death or resignation, but not a mayor.
Although it is a surprisingly common flaw, it is a minor one. In this book, it certainly is. Again, I recommend "Texas Ranger" by Wade Everett.
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