John Hays Texas Ranger Book
By the age of fifteen he had moved to mississippi and began to learn surveying.
John hays texas ranger book. Rangers and regulars on the lower rio grande 1846 1861. He took part. 19th century badass gunslinging texas ranger john coffee hays is the ultimate rea life asskicker whose story bizarrely ties together the more well known tales of sam houston andrew jackson chuck norris clint eastwood zachary taylor wyatt earp and the dude with the shotgun who smokes all those fucking buffalo when you go hunting in the oregon trail. It is within this.
But before all of that he led the texas rangers into the history books. By gene shelton sep 1 1993. Texas legends 2 captain jack. John was born in little cedar lick tennessee on january 28 1817 to harmon and elizabeth cage hays.
The story of john coffee hays. This book chronicles the life of john coffee hays from approximately 1836 though 1848 and if hays performed only half the deeds as reported in this book then he is one of the most brave stalwart and resolute men ever to set foot in texas let alone the united states of america. 50 out of 5 stars2. Hays was born on jan.
By murray montgomery i t seems that from the day he was born john coffee jack hays was destined to be a texas ranger when you consider his roots it shouldnt have been any other way. John coffee jack hays was a military officer of the republic of texas and a captain in the texas rangers in which he served in several armed conflicts from 1836 to 1848 against the comanche indians and in the mexican american war. In the three way struggle of anglo colonists hispanic settlers and indians hays proved to be an able leader and fearless fighter called devil yack who gained the respect of the rank and file of the texas rangers. Few organizations have the storied past of the texas rangers.
28 1817 in a place called little cedar lick tennessee. Usually outnumbered and against overwhelming odds hays triumphed in so many battles against bandits indians and the mexican army that he is what historian darren ivey called the ideal texas ranger. The volumes of books and not the dime store novels proclaiming the exploits of the rangers could fill a library.