The Texas Rangers

Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900

By: Mike Cox

Narrated by: Jonathan Hogan

Mike Cox, journalist and Texas Ranger grand master, recounts enthralling tales of men who proudly wore the silver Lone Star - once hand-carved from the Mexican five peso. Whether facing Indians, banditos, or Yankees, TexasRangers earned a reputation for being some of the most formidable lawmen in U.S. history.©2008 Mike Cox (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic reviews

"[A] lively, enlightening history." ( Booklist)

Enjoyed while driving back roads from Austin to Santa Fe

Long. Enjoyed it mostly. Not thrilled with mispronunciations. A bit dry but interesting. Would recommend if you have the time.

History from the perspective of Texas Rangers

Great historical documentation from a neat perspective. I enjoyed hearing about Texas History through the lens of Texas Rangers and their origins.

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Would you try another book from Mike Cox and/or Jonathan Hogan?

yes I enjoy his style of writing

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

The narrator was well spoken and added to the story

Was The Texas Rangers worth the listening time?

Yes it leaves you wanting more

Any additional comments?

great book about a great time with great men

Like reading footnotes

In attempting to write the definitive Ranger story the book unearths isolated scraps of information that read like footnotes. In the process the book repeats "lack of funding", "heoric exploits", "disbanded", "legends" etc. without an explicit unifying theme. Remove redundancies and this book can be reduced to a pamphlet. Found myslef drifiting throughout thinking "I heard (read) this before." It is numbing and after a while nothing really stands out as unique. So the author has to remind the reader "this is unique." The repitition made the reading tedious! The Texas Rangers of lore deserve better.

A good read

Cox tells a compelling story, and seems to have done his research in a thorough fashion. I'd have wished that he had more stories about John Coffee Hays, but I guess there is just not enough space for everything.

The reader did well to weave a fair amount of Texas sounding vowel sounds into the narrative without overdoing it. I could quibble about his pronouncing Bexar, but that would just be whining.

I'd highly recommend this audible book to anyone interested in this period of Texas history.