One Ranger Returns

by H. Joaquin Jackson and James L. Haley

Book Overview

No Texas Ranger memoir has captured the public's imagination like Joaquin Jackson's One Ranger. Readers thrilled to Jackson's stories of catching criminals and keeping the peace across a wide swath of the Texas-Mexico border--and clamored for more. Now in One Ranger Returns, Jackson reopens his case files to tell more unforgettable stories, while also giving readers a deeply personal view of what being a Texas Ranger has meant to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292716265
• ISBN13: 9780292716261
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

A must read

Every Texan or everyone who has respect for our law enforcement officials and the hard work they do everyday, often putting their lives on the line, needs to read this book.

One Ranger Returns

I purchased both books for an Aunt and Uncle who watch his show on RFD-TV. Both say it's an excellent read.

One Ranger Returns

Couldn't put the book down. Great sequel to his first. A great sense of history in plain spoken words. Hope he writes another.

ranger

Nice to hear the other side of the story. Joaquin Jackson's books are a good read.

A great Ranger Returns

If you found "One Ranger" by H. Joaquin Jackson interesting, yea, inspirational, then you are going to treasure "One Ranger Returns." This is life in Texas, "hair down" face-to-face, how it really is. The chapter by his wife, Shirley, is straight from the heart of a beautiful, highly talented, and courageous woman, sharing the details of her personal life. One Ranger Returns has chapters by their sons, and I'll leave it to those who can truly read human hearts to decide what the first son has learned. Second son, Lance, is as near a clone as a man like Joaquin can ever have hoped for. Lance is very much his own man. I recently heard an experienced forensic officer describe how, while she didn't have all the latest technology, she did know the fundamentals and they still worked as evidenced by cases won. "One Ranger Returns" is about fundamentals that worked and still works if the officer is man enough to learn them and employ them with integrity and courage. A review of "One Ranger" is perfect for "One Ranger Returns:" "The book is awesome.... Joaquin Jackson is John Wayne with a real badge."