Oh, You Tex!

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First published: 1920
Pages: 247

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About this book

Set in the Texas Panhandle during the rough years when the Rangers were bringing order to a lawless cattle frontier, this 1920 Western follows Jack Roberts, a young line-rider who earned the nickname Tex by defending his home state out in New Mexico. Roberts takes a Ranger's badge under Captain Ellison and is soon pulled into ranch feuds, rustler trouble, and the murder of a leading cattleman. His pursuit of the killer runs alongside a slow-burning romance with Ramona Wadley, the daughter of the outfit he rides for. Raine handled both the manhunt and the courtship with the understatement he favored for his heroes. He was among the most widely read frontier novelists of his day, and the book shows why: brisk action, clean plotting, and a lead who trusts deeds far more than talk.

About the author

William MacLeod Raine

William MacLeod Raine (1871-1954) was born in London and taken to Arkansas at ten, where his family settled on a cattle ranch near the Texas line. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1894, worked as a school principal in Seattle, then spent years in Denver as a reporter and editorial writer for the Republican, the Post, and the Rocky Mountain News.