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H. Joaquin Jackson

Born

in Anton, Texas, The United States

November 12, 1935

Died

June 15, 2016

Genre

Memoir

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Joaquin Jackson was a Texas Ranger from 1966-1993.Joaquin Jackson was assigned to a wide swath of the Texas-Mexico border from 1966 to 1993. He was involved in a shootout at the Carrizo Springs jail that ended a prison revolt. He captured "The See More Kid," an elusive horse thief and burglar who left clean dishes and swept floors in the houses he robbed. He investigated the 1988 shootings in Big Bend's Colorado Canyon and tried to understand the motives of the Mexican teenagers who terrorized three river rafters and killed one.

While a Texas Ranger, Jackson was instrumental in starting the career of country singer Johnny Rodriguez. In 1969, a teenage Rodriguez was jailed and would often sing in his cell; Jackson, who overheard Rodriguez and ...more

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	One Ranger by H. Joaquin Jackson, David Marion Wilkinson (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 505 ratings — published 2005 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Ranger Returns (Bridwell Texas History Series) by H. Joaquin Jackson, James L. Haley 4.24 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	One Ranger Limited Edition (Bridwell Texas History) by H. Joaquin Jackson (2009-03-01) by David Marion Wilkinson (Goodreads Author), H. Joaquin Jackson, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Ranger: A Memoir (Bridwell Texas History Series) by H. Joaquin Jackson David Marion Wilkinson(2008-10-01) by David Marion Wilkinson (Goodreads Author), H. Joaquin Jackson, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Walter Prescott Webb’s The Texas Rangers, Robert Utley’s Lone Star Justice, and Mike Cox’s Wearing the Cinco Peso: A History of the Texas Rangers.”
― H. Joaquin Jackson, One Ranger: A Memoir

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“It’s an old and sad story. The artist lets the bottle or the dope get between him and his art. He spends half his life achieving success and the second half throwing it all away. How many talents have self-destructed before him? How many more will follow in his wake?”
― H. Joaquin Jackson, One Ranger: A Memoir

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“We evolved perfectly attuned to our time and place—for Texas has long been a sort of human Galapagos, an unsettled country of conflicting cultures and social contradictions, a rugged, ragtag region born with wars raging on two disputed borders.”
― H. Joaquin Jackson, One Ranger: A Memoir

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