Author: Paul N. Spellman
PAUL N. SPELLMAN is professor of history and division chair at Wharton Junior College, a native Texan, and an Old 300 descendant. He is the author of Race to Velasco, Forgotten Texas Leader: Hugh McLeod and the Texan Santa Fe Expedition, and Spindletop Boom Days.
PAUL N. SPELLMAN teaches Texas and American history at Wharton 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 John H. Rogers, Texas Ranger, Race to Velasco, and Spindletop Boom Days. He lives in Richmond, Texas.
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Captain John H. Rogers, Texas Ranger
— Vol. 1: of Frances B. Vick Series
Published: February, 2008 Pages: 320 Features: 18 b&w photos. Notes. Bib. Index.
John Harris Rogers (1863-1930) served in Texas law enforcement for more than four decades, as a Texas Ranger, Deputy and U.S. 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 that helped make the transition from the Frontier Battalion days into the twentieth century, yet no one has fully researched and written about his life. Paul N. Spellman now presents the first full-length biography of this enigmatic man. more... about Captain John H. Rogers, Texas Ranger
Captain J. A. Brooks, Texas Ranger
— Vol. 4: of Frances B. Vick Series
Published: March, 2007 Pages: 288 Features: 29 b&w illus. Notes. Bib. Index.
James Abijah Brooks (1855-1944) was one of the four Great Captains in Texas Ranger history, others including Bill McDonald, John Hughes, and John Rogers. Over the years historians have referred to the captain as “John” Brooks, because he tended to sign with his initials, but also because W. W. Sterling’s classic Trails and Trials of a Texas Ranger mistakenly named him as Captain John Brooks. more... about Captain J. A. Brooks, Texas Ranger