Texas Ranger In The Oil Patch

WOOD, CAPTAIN JOHN M. [SPECIAL TEXAS RANGER]

Publication: Woodburner Press, Publisher, 1995, Austin

First edition, second printing. [First was out of print in 90 days]. 8vo. Signed by the author. Pictorial perfect-bound stiff wrappers, 123 pp., foreword, introduction, illustrated, glossary. Foreword by Col. Wilson Speir.

The book recounts Wood's firsthand experiences as a Texas Ranger sergeant in Company "E" policing a ten-county area during mid-century oil booms. It highlights the gritty reality of combating industrial oil-field theft, relying on local informants, and staking out suspects in the West Texas brush. Fine copy.