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Post by TRK on Aug 26, 2007 17:30:52 GMT -5
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Post by sloanrodgers on Aug 28, 2007 6:44:13 GMT -5
That's good. I still have my first edition of Savage Frontier I and I've waited with abated breath for each of its successors to come out at my local book store. I enjoy all three, but look foward to the fourth book coming out soon as that is the Jack Hays era. ;D
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Post by Jim Boylston on Mar 22, 2008 23:02:27 GMT -5
While visiting San Antonio during the HHDs I noticed that at least the first two volumes of "Savage Frontier" are now back in print. I picked up Vol. 1 at the Alamo gift shop. Jim
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Post by sloanrodgers on Mar 31, 2008 0:21:14 GMT -5
Well, I hope you enjoyed reading Vol. 1 as much as you did discovering it with me that day at the Alamo. I still havn't got around to reading the J. R. Edmonson (Bowie w/ a knife) book that you suggested I purchase, but I'm sure glad I had Jack sign it. Later.
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Post by sloanrodgers on Jul 15, 2010 23:27:49 GMT -5
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Post by TRK on Dec 15, 2010 15:08:55 GMT -5
Just noticed that Savage Frontier IV has been published (actually, months ago). It's going on my next book order, but has anybody had a look at the book? RangerRod?
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Post by Herb on Dec 15, 2010 16:37:21 GMT -5
I got it and have been reading it off an on over the last couple of months - it has all the data of the other volumes, but, imo, the narrative is a a whole lot better.
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Post by sloanrodgers on Dec 16, 2010 22:14:42 GMT -5
I enjoyed Savage Frontier IV very much although there were a few things I didn't agree with in the narrative. I also wish it wasn't the end of the series.
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Post by TRK on Dec 17, 2010 21:58:21 GMT -5
I also wish it wasn't the end of the series. What, Moore's not going to take it down south of the border in 1846-48, where things really were savage? Dang. I was hoping he'd extend the series to cover the Texas Mounted Volunteers, Spy Companies, etc., in the Mexican War.
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Post by sloanrodgers on Dec 19, 2010 17:11:58 GMT -5
Well, after talking to Steve, he doesn't seem to believe more books are necessary in the series. He seems to think other authors have covered the Mexican War period fairly well. He may have also ended the series because the rangers were formed into the U. S. Mounted Volunteers, federalized and placed under the control of U.S. generals. This even stretches my interpretation of Texas rangers, but I still want the series to go on. Oh well, you can't always get what you want. That sounds like a song.
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Post by TRK on Dec 20, 2010 8:06:24 GMT -5
Well, after talking to Steve, he doesn't seem to believe more books are necessary in the series. He seems to think other authors have covered the Mexican War period fairly well. "Fairly" is the key word. Although much has been written on the Texas Mounted Volunteers in the Monterrey, Buena Vista, and Mexico City campaigns, whole other areas have been skimmed over or neglected. A good example is the quasi-war the various Texan companies were waging against the Comanches in Coahuila and Zacatecas after the fighting between the Mexican Army and Taylor's and, later, Wool's Army of Occupation died down in spring 1847. It was an ongoing thing until the U.S. pulled out of Mexico in 1848, and even Brian DeLay's War of a Thousand Deserts: Indian Raids and the U.S.-Mexican War gives this whole episode only a passing mention. He may have also ended the series because the rangers were formed into the U. S. Mounted Volunteers, federalized and placed under the control of U.S. generals. Point taken.
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Post by sloanrodgers on Dec 21, 2010 17:45:11 GMT -5
"Fairly" is the key word. Although much has been written on the Texas Mounted Volunteers in the Monterrey, Buena Vista, and Mexico City campaigns, whole other areas have been skimmed over or neglected. A good example is the quasi-war the various Texan companies were waging against the Comanches in Coahuila and Zacatecas after the fighting between the Mexican Army and Taylor's and, later, Wool's Army of Occupation died down in spring 1847. It was an ongoing thing until the U.S. pulled out of Mexico in 1848, and even Brian DeLay's War of a Thousand Deserts: Indian Raids and the U.S.-Mexican War gives this whole episode only a passing mention. Steve Moore may have also thought that so much was going on during the next period (1846-1848) that it may have been hard to include all of the important stuff in a book of similar thickness to the others. Thanks, but hopefully not like a Comanche arrow. The Texas Volunteers may not have fit the previous ranger mold organizationally, but were clearly wild and wooley men, especially Hays' regiment. It's amazing that some people paint the rangers with really broad strokes. Sometimes in the same period to glorify or disparage them as a whole. Moore peels away the layers of misinformation on some units and clarifies the roles of others.
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