Six Years with the Texas Rangers

By: James B. Gillett

Narrated by: Jack Chekijian

From 1875 to 1881, James B. Gillett served as one of the Texas Rangers, the lawmen of the Old West. Looking back 40 years later, he tells of his numerous clashes with Native American warriors in the West Texas borderlands, of the Mason County War and the Horrell-Higgins feud, and of dangerous missions into Mexico.

Originally published by Von Boeckmann-Jones Co. in Austin, Texas in 1921.

Public Domain (P)2017 Jack Chekijian

Fantastic

Quite a journey to follow. sounds like it was a lawless hellscape in the 1870s

Awesome history that has not been lost!

Every part of this book is intriguing because I have hunted and hunt these areas that the Rangers and Indians conducted their lives. The act of hunting is exiting but at the same time in the silence while sitting and contemplating my mortality I am able to recall the acts that took place a 150 yeas earlier.

Greatly narrated

Fantastic story that was extremely hard to pause for even the shortest time. New to audio books, this has been one of the best so far.

the most important thing, a real man that told his story about one of the most important and pivotal times in any states life.

A very interesting, raw, and honest account of times when men found out what they were capable of. hard trials, overlapping history, and fierce love for the country called western texas.

If you love Old West History...

If you enjoy stories about old West history, particularly the Lawmen of that period, you will thoroughly enjoy this book. The Narrator had a different style than I am accustomed to that took a minute to get used to, but really did a fine job of emphasizing the important parts of the book and giving feeling & character to its subjects. I particularly enjoyed the thought process that went into many of their campaigns as well as the quick wit and courage that often got them out of near death situations. This book dovetails nicely with several of the historical books that I’ve read about the Comanche, Kiowa, Navajo and Apaches, such as “Empire of the Summer Moon” (Comanche) the Fighting Cheyenne’s and Blood and Thunder (Navajo). All these tribes had close dealings with the Texas Rangers and by there own accounts had a healthy respect for this fledgling but principled, and often outnumbered group of heroes.