Beschreibung:
PAUL N. SPELLMAN teaches Texas and American history at Wharton County Junior College. He is a native Texan and descendant of the Old Three Hundred family of Zadock and Minerva Cottle Woods. Spellman has authored five books, including Captain J. A. Brooks, Texas Ranger (UNT Press), Race to Velasco, and Spindletop Boom Days. Paul and his wife Kathleen live in Richmond, Texas.
John Harris Rogers (1863-1930) served in Texas law enforcement for more than four decades, as a Texas Ranger, Deputy and US Marshal, city police chief, and in the private sector as a security agent. He is recognized in history as one of the legendary "Four Captains" of the Ranger force.