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One Ranger

A Memoir

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One Ranger

By: H. Joaquin Jackson, David Marion Wilkinson
Narrated by: Rex Linn
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 When his picture appeared on the cover of Texas Monthly, Joaquin Jackson became the icon of the modern Texas Rangers. Nick Nolte modeled his character on him in the movie Extreme Prejudice. Jackson even had a speaking part of his own in The Good Old Boys with Tommy Lee Jones. But the role that Jackson has always played the best is that of the man who wears the silver badge cut from a Mexican cinco peso coin, a working Texas Ranger.

Legend says that one Ranger is all it takes to put down lawlessness and restore the peace: one riot, one Ranger. In this adventure-filled memoir, Joaquin Jackson recalls what it was like to be the Ranger who responded when riots threatened, violence erupted, and criminals needed to be brought to justice across a wide swath of the Texas-Mexico border from 1966 to 1993.

©2005 H. Joaquin Jackson and David Marion Wilkinson (P)2005 Blackstone Audiobooks

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Critic reviews

"Joaquin Jackson's frank and colorful account of his long career as a modern-day Texas Ranger thrills like an action novel....I could hardly put the book down....The writing is superb." (Elmer Kelton, award-winning author of The Good Old Boys)
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I didn't know anything bout this guy or the Texas rangers but this story was brilliant, kept me interested from start to finish, now I will be checking out Joaquin Jackson in those movies.

Hard As Nails

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One of the best biographies I've ever read I'd recommend it in an instant.a must read it you like the western tradition.

One to read again

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The book in itself is a very interesting book but the narrater is perfect and makes the book even better.

interesting book

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The author provides an interesting individual insight into his life and long career with the Texas Rangers over the years until his retirement towards the end of the 20th century. A truly recommended book well read and presented by deep authentic undertones of actor Rex Linn.

An interesting insight into the Texas Rangers.

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