Texas Ranger: Jack Hays in the Frontier Southwest, Vol. 50
John Coffee Hays helped to forge the legend of what a Texas Ranger was. Arriving in Texas in 1836 but just missing the famous battles of the Texas Revolution, nineteen-year-old Hays soon had Sam Houston urging him to join a new group of Rangers. Once out on the frontier, Hays's careful planning and bold-indeed, sensational-forays against the Comanches soon earned him a colorful reputation and a host of nicknames. \ At twenty-three Hays was commissioned a captain, and between skirmishes and...
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\ Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly\ This adaptation of Greer's 1952 biography of the legendary Hays focuses on his years as a Ranger and his military campaigns against the Comanche Indians. Jan.\ \ \ \ \ Library JournalThough most of the public's perception of the Wild West cowboy comes from Hollywood mythmakers, Hays was the genuine article. After being commissioned into the Texas Rangers by Sam Houston in 1836, Hays quickly made a name for himself in his many battles against the Comanches and marauding Mexican bandits. He was also San Francisco's first sheriff and the founder of Oakland, California. Dubbed ``excellent in its scholarship and writing'' by LJ 's reviewer LJ 4/15/52, this ``thrilling life story should interest everyone.''\ \
