Lone Wolf Gonzaullas: Texas Ranger

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So So........2007-07-23

Somewhat interesting historically. No first hand accounts. All stories are told by an observer.

Dedication is Virtue.......2006-07-31

Having read numerous books on the Texas Rangers (including biographies), I was somewhat disappointed with the lack of analysis of the political influences and vicissitudes that impact on law enforcement officers (LEOs). However, it is clear that Ranger Gonzaullas provided society with dedication and performed with valor throughout a long career. Without LEOs like him, our Country would be a lesser place. The book is well written, provides meticulous career details, and is enlightening about what is necessary to be a successful Texas Ranger (at least in earlier times). Despite its somewhat mundane quality, the student of law enforcement will benefit from reading this book.

Lone Wolf Scores Big.......2000-10-09

Author and historian Brownson Malsch captures with his customary skill the greatness of modern-day Texas Ranger Captain M.T."Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas in this small but powerful biography. From the Lone Wolf's baptism of fire along the Rio Grande in the 1920's to the oil boom days in east Texas, Malsch recounts the engaging story of one of the most renowned and most colorful men to have ever worn the star of the Texas Rangers. In a career that spanned some four decades, the Lone Wolf became one of the most charismatic characters to have served as a Ranger, and one of the most feared lawmen among the criminal element of the Lone Star State. With a forward by Mary Nell Garrison, the wife of Colonel Homer Garrison, the longtime director of the Texas Department of Publich Safety, and an accomplished historian in her own right, this book offers up a fascinating account of the exploits of "Cap" Gonzaullas. The book is well indexed and could easily serve as a source of research data for those interested in the history of the Texas Rangers. Lone Wolf Gonzaullas was, without question, a unique individual who served during a time of transition for the Rangers. This book offers up an interesting perspective on this exceptional man whose work spanned this time of change.

Captain M. T. Lone Wolf Gonzaullas, the Only Texas Ranger Captain of Spanish Descent

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Captain M. T. Lone Wolf Gonzaullas, the Only Texas Ranger Captain of Spanish Descent
Brownson Malsch
Manufacturer: Shoal Creek Pub
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LONE WOLF:THE STORY OF TEXAS RANGER CAPTAIN M.T. GONZAULLAS

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LONE WOLF:THE STORY OF TEXAS RANGER CAPTAIN M.T. GONZAULLAS
Robert W. Stephens
Manufacturer: Taylor Publishing Co. Dallas No Date
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IWGAOK

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Lone Wolf, the story of Texas Ranger Captain M. T. Gonzaullas
Robert W Stephens
Manufacturer: Stephens
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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On the final day of the battle of Gettysburg, Robert E. Lee ordered one of the most famous infantry assaults of all time: Pickett's Charge. Following a thundering artillery barrage, thousands of Confederates launched a daring frontal attack on the Union line. From their entrenched positions, Federal soldiers decimated the charging Rebels, leaving the field littered with the fallen and several Southern divisions in tatters. Written by generals, officers, and enlisted men on both sides, these firsthand accounts offer an up-close look at Civil War combat and a panoramic view of the carnage of July 3, 1863.

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Interesting but not a must have
More Insight into Soldiers Life than Historians Impart
The most complete book of eyewitness accounts!
Rollins did all the research for you
Incredibly interesting...

Pickett's Charge: Eyewitness Accounts

Manufacturer: Rank and File Publishers
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0963899309

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Interesting but not a must have.......2004-07-09

Richard Rollins has put together a nice collection of eye witness reports to Pickett's Charge. For the serious Civil War buff, they will find the book a decent reference but the casual civil war reader may find the accounts a bit repetitive and dry at times.

Rollins starts out his book in a bad way with an introduction that is suppose to be a general overview of the battle but in reality is simply your good old fashion Lost Cause bashing of James Longstreet. To say he goes over the top would be an understatement. Rollins surprised me by his repeating of a number of lost cause myths and untruths including the myth of the dawn attack order and claiming that Lee stayed up half the night waiting for Longstreet to come to his headquarters after the battle on July 2nd. He claims there is ample evidence of there being an order for a dawn attack and then promptly provides no evidence what so ever. Neither assertion is true but Rollins' definately has a big ax to grind with Longstreet and swings away with a vengence.

Once past the introduction however we get to the good stuff and Rollins does seem to do a decent job of picking out some of the better accounts. He also does something that I wish more Civil War authors would do and that's have good maps of the battle. Each section of the book has it's own map with numbers on it. The numbers correspond with a specific account in the next section. This makes it very easy to understand the person's perspective as you can look at the map and quickly see where they were. I wish more Civil War authors would put as much effort into having good maps in their books like we see here.

His choice of accounts are well balanced. We see the battle from both sides, first the Confederates and then the Federals. We also have accounts all the way down the line in order of rank so in a section you will start off with an account by a general and finish with that of the common private. Some of the sections are more interesting than others. For example the Confederate accounts involving Armistead going over the wall are much more interesting than the ones describing the preparations for the cannonade.

There are only two drawbacks to this book. First you are reading accounts by people who aren't professional writers. Many of these accounts are from personal letters, reports or soldiers writing articles for home town newspapers so their writing style plus the change in language over the last 140 years makes for a little heavy going at times. It doesn't make their stories any less interesting, just a little less easy to read at a long stretch.

Second while you are reading many different accounts, they are accounts describing the same thing so it can get a bit repetitive. Rollins might have done a little better job in the accounts he chose to include in sections where they are describing the cannonade. They spend time describing how they set up their batteries and the shelling and it does tend to drag a bit there. Not that what they are saying isn't interesting but it's one thing to read a letter from a soldier describing a battle and it's another thing to read 10 letters in a row describing the same part of the battle.

Overall this is a book worth picking up as a reference piece if you know the battle well and are seriously into Gettysburg. If you are simply a casual reader on Gettysburg then this book likely won't be for you.

More Insight into Soldiers Life than Historians Impart.......2002-09-29

They say: "You can't describe the horrors of war with words, it must be experienced." This book belies that admonition. I was no more than 50 pages into my reading of this book, when I was already recommending it to friends! I appreciate the insight provided by the writers of the material, their individual stories and perspectives. I did, however, find that the accounts of the artillery officers to be bogged down in endless details of the placements of their batteries that seemed to go on and on, and several of the accounts were repetitious. Also, disconcertingly, at least twice in the paperback edition two pages were mis-numbered, so that you had to skip a page and then go back to read the account properly (obviously, mistakes done in the editing or in the printing process). I firmly believe that, for the Confederacy, the Civil War was a "lost cause" from the start, and always find it interesting to read the southern soldiers viewpoints; they were unaware of this, appearently never having done the math. What differenciates this work from others however, is the manner of speaking that the writers have - this is the one thing that cannot be faked - we do not look at things or describe them in the same language today. For me, that made this book an interesting and an excellent read. I heartily recommend it.

The most complete book of eyewitness accounts!.......2002-06-27

The amount of eyewitness accounts to this charge in incredible. Rollins is very fair in his insight while introducing an individual's story. From the early stages of artillery placement, Union and Confederate positioning on Day #3, the cannonade, assault and repulse, this book covers it all. Letters and sections from biographies are presented from not just Generals and Colonels but all the way down to individual private soldier accounts. This book is a great tool for those trying to understand Pickett's charge and how soldiers involved told of their struggles. It is interesting to read their accounts written days or even years after the battle. On several accounts it is easier to get clarity in regards to a certain regiment or company movement. Though many stories are sometimes repititous as to the event, the commentary in regards to the action is unique! This book would compliment anyone interested in understanding the charge in a much more deeper view. For a beginner it may be hard to follow though for one who understands the charge or has had more time reading about it, I would recommend it highly!

Rollins did all the research for you.......2001-02-14

Rollins has done the painstaking task of finding accounts of Pickett's Charge as seen by participants and observers. Not only has he found them, but he annotated them and compiled them so that they flow. Rollins' book views the assault from nearly every angle. Rollins, through documents written by the people involved, shows that the charge wasn't a last resort or a desperate attempt to gain ground, but rather a calculated risk whose failure lied in mis-execution and unfortunate split second descisions. Truly superb!!!

Incredibly interesting..........2000-08-25

The more that I read Civil War and WWII books, the more that I find that the most interesting books are those that contain firsthand accounts of what the soldiers went through. This is just such a book. It's a compilation of experiences from different soldiers, involving most of the units in the charge, both Union and Confederate. I find myself rereading parts of this book over and over. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Gettysburg.

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Pickett's Charge : Eyewitness Accounts
Richard (ed) Rollins
Manufacturer: Rank and File Pub.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O6DEP8

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

Globalization, Economic Development and the Role of the State

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Globalization, Economic Development and the Role of the State
Ha-Joon Chang
Manufacturer: Zed Books
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ASIN: 1842771434

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Ha-Joon Chang evaluates the role of the state in economics and development. In this collection of essays, he reviews theories and practices of state intervention as they have developed over two centuries of modern capitalism. He develops an institutionalist approach to the role of the state in economic change, and examines the issues involved in particular settings including industrial policy, trade policy, intellectual property rights, regulation, and strategies towards transnational corporations. He mounts a sophisticated theoretical and historical case for the continuing essential and constructive roles which the state can and must play in economic development.

Poverty Reduction: What Role for the State in Today's Globalized Economy? (Crop International Studies in Poverty Research)

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Poverty Reduction: What Role for the State in Today's Globalized Economy? (Crop International Studies in Poverty Research)

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Binding: Hardcover

Economic Conditions | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 1856499529

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Poverty and social exclusion have moved up the international policy agenda, in step with the increasingly obvious failure of development to reduce mass poverty and the rowing gulf of inequality which latter-day capitalism has created. Looking at the issues involved, and specific investigations in particular countries--mainly in Southern and Central Africa--the contributors to Poverty Reduction explore difficult questions about how much can be expected from the state to reduce poverty. They acknowledge that the "trickle down" and "natural" processes do not provide a remedy. They provide a rich stream of up-to-date information on the incidence and forms of poverty in Southern and Central Africa, and the great variety of government strategies and programs that attempt to tackle the issue.

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