John Ringo, King of the Cowboys: His Life and Times from the Hoo Doo War to Tombstone, Second Edition (A.C. Greene Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (949 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1574412434 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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“This is the definitive biography of John Ringo, sans mythology and malarkey.”—Bob Alexander, award-winning author of Old West history “Historian Dave Johnson sets aside the legends and myths to present here the most complete biography of Ringo to date, from his participation in the Mason County ‘Hoo Doo’ War of Texas to the violence and feuding with the Earps in Tombstone, ‘The Town Too Tough to Die.’”—Chuck Parsons, author of John B. Armstrong, Texas Ranger and Pioneer Ran
As a teenager, Ringo was rushed into sudden adulthood when his father was killed tragically in the midst of the family's overland trek to California. A champion of the largely Democratic ranchers, Ringo would become known as a leader of one of these elements, the Cowboys. Few lives of the most notorious are as little known. Initially published in 1996, John Ringo has been updated to a second edition with much new information researched and uncovered by David Johnson and other Ringo researchers.. Ringo became immersed in the area’s partisan politics and factionalized violence. As a young man he became embroiled in the blood feud turbulence of post-Reconstruction Texas.The Mason County Hoo Doo” War in Texas began as a war over range rights, but it swiftly deteriorated into blood vengeance and spiraled out of control as the body count rose. In this charnel hou
Amazon Customer said Avoid this book. I've tried three times to read this book, and failed. The author wastes page after page on the genealogy, census reports, and net worth on everybody the Ringo family ever had contact with, and bores you to tears in the process. I began to first skip sentences, then paragraphs, pages and even chapters trying to learn something about John Ringo, and finally gave up in disgust. Not being able to read the entire book without throwing it down in anger, I really can't be sure, but I believe that there is only enough pertinent information on Ringo to fill a twelve page pamphlet. AVOID THIS BOOK!. Daria Fedyshyn said John Ringo,King of the Cowboys. This is a great book, if you want to get a true sense of the real John Ringo. Hollywood has mucked up so many people's lives from the Old West, that it's abreath of fresh air when you can read what the person was truly like from others that knew him. Excellent reading!. "Disappointing" according to Laura Brennan. I have to agree with the first reviewer. If you were expecting this to be about John Ringo you will be disssapointed. THe author used Ringo as a focal point to explain about the wars in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Knowing that going into the book it has a lot of information about the cattle wars of that time. It was interesting but I really wanted more about John RIngo. The better book is "John Ringo The gunfighter that never was" by Jack Burrows