Winner of the Caughey Western History Prize Winner of the Robert G. -- Los Angeles Review of Books. -- Texas Observer A reminder that government brutality on the border is nothing new.
It\'s an apt moment for this book\'s hard lessons...to go mainstream.
A timely reminder of the dark side of American justice, it is a riveting story of race, power, and prejudice on the border.
A groundbreaking work of historical reconstruction, The Injustice Never Leaves You has upended Texas\'s sense of its own history.
Records of the proceedings were soon filed away as the Ranger myth flourished.
The abuses were so pervasive that in 1919 the Texas legislature investigated the charges and uncovered a clear pattern of state crime.
A culture of impunity prevailed.
Operating in remote rural areas, officers and vigilantes knew they could hang, shoot, burn, and beat victims to death without scrutiny. -- Texas Monthly Between 1910 and 1920, self-appointed protectors of the Texas-Mexico border--including members of the famed Texas Rangers--murdered hundreds of ethnic Mexicans living in Texas, many of whom were American citizens.
Levine Award Winner of the TCU Texas Book Award Winner of the NACCS Tejas Foco Nonfiction Book Award Winner of the Mar a Elena Mart nez Prize Frederick Jackson Turner Award Finalist A page-turner...
Haunting...
Bravely and convincingly urges us to think differently about Texas\'s past.
Athearn Award Winner of the Lawrence W.
Winner of the Caughey Western History Prize Winner of the Robert G
