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    Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde
    Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde
    Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde
    Audiobook17 hours

    Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde

    Written by John Boessenecker

    Narrated by Graham Winton

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    About this audiobook

    To most Americans, Frank Hamer is known only as the "villain" of the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. Now, in Texas Ranger, historian John Boessenecker sets out to restore Hamer's good name and prove that he was, in fact, a classic American hero. From the horseback days of the Old West through the gangster days of the 1930s, Hamer stood on the frontlines of some of the most important and exciting periods in American history. He participated in the Bandit War of 1915, survived the climactic gunfight in the last blood feud of the Old West, battled the Mexican Revolution's spillover across the border, protected African Americans from lynch mobs and the Ku Klux Klan, and ran down gangsters, bootleggers, and Communists. When at last his career came to an end, it was only when he ran up against another legendary Texan: Lyndon B. Johnson. Written by one of the most acclaimed historians of the Old West, Texas Ranger is the first biography to tell the full story of this near-mythic lawman.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateApr 26, 2016
    ISBN9781501919015
    Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde
    Author

    John Boessenecker

    John Boessenecker is the author of twelve books, including New York Times bestseller Texas Ranger. He has received the Spur award from Western Writers of America, the Best Book award from Westerners International, and in 2011, 2013 and 2019 True West named him Best Nonfiction Writer. He has appeared frequently as a historical commentator on PBS, The History Channel, A&E, and other media. He lives near San Francisco, California.

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    • 5/5
      An incisive portrayal of a man, a time, and a place. Enlightening in multi-faceted ways.
    • 5/5
      This was an awesome and true book of a man with outstanding character.
    • 4/5
      A fascinating and detailed (maybe occasionally too detailed) account of the extraordinary life of Texas Ranger Frank Hamer. As the cover points out he is best known as the man who killed Bonnie & Clyde, but he was so much more.To its credit this book is not an exercise in hero-worship or revisionism. The author clearly shows that Hamer was a man of contradictions; one one hand he was a conservative white supremacist with a quick temper and a “shoot first, ask questions later” approach to dealing with known criminals; yet he was also fiercely protective of African-Americans, fought the Klan, exposed corrupt politicians, and had a strong sense of justice and that the law applied equally to all irrespective of skin color or social position. Hamer started life as a late nineteenth century cowboy and ended up helping bring one of the foremost law enforcement agencies through many controversies and growing pains into the first half of the twentieth century.As the conclusion points out Hamer had a hard time reconciling his violent life with modern society and the questions he struggled with about the roles of law and justice still resonate today.