Chasing Thugs, Nazis, and Reds: Texas Ranger Norman K. Dixon
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (634 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1623492564 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Armstrong: Texas Ranger, Pioneer Ranchmen (Texas A&M University Press, 2007) and “Pidge,” Texas Ranger (Texas A&M, 2013). He had to deal with the rise of Nazism and the threat to America in the 1930s and ‘40s; then continued to combat the growing Communist threat. With Kemp Dixon’s biographical study of his father’s life and career we appreciate that the Texas Ranger did so much more. The “common criminal” of course required Ranger Norman D
Using Ranger Dixon’s meticulously-kept diary entries, Kemp Dixon now tells his father’s compelling story.. As a Ranger, Dixon broke up the largest oil field theft ring in Texas history, worked to solve the most infamous cold case in Texas history, sought the Phantom Killer, investigated a near-mutiny by cadets and veterans on the campus of Texas A&M, rushed to a rural county to head off a lynching, and kept watch over Texas during World War II. Texas Ranger Norman Dixon made the front pages of newspapers, but his rigid sense of integrity prevented him from discussing his cases with his wife or his sons, or anyone else, even decades later. During the final years of his career, which coincided with the McCarthy era in the 1950s, he was the chief of internal security, charged with protecting Texans from the Red Menace. He became the go-to investigator for the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, governors, and the state legislature
A rare look inside police work during one of the most tumultuous eras in Texas history: Kemp Dixon's personal account of the adventures of his Texas Ranger father (Norman Kemp Dixon) is clearly a tribute to heroes the author knew and admired; yet the historian-author pulls no punches when it comes to reporting on the events of Texas's often rough past. Kemp's discovery of his famous Ranger father's daily work logs and notes reveal. "Four Stars" according to David M. Turner. Good historical account of the Rangers of that time.