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# Taming the Nueces Strip: The Story of McNelly's Rangers (Texas Classics)

**Brand:** george durhamclyde wantland
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    These were tough guys
  

*by C***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 2, 2011*

I enjoyed reading this book.  The account of George Durham is as blunt and straight forward as the men he came to know and ride with.  That is, he speaks of a life that was hard and brutal.  He speaks to how poor he was prior to becoming a Ranger, and what it was like for a young man to become a part of a group of men who, while they were in the business of upholding the law, they were in fact similar in many ways to the lawbreakers they sought.  Durham makes no excuses for the things the Rangers did (for instance, the fact that they took no prisoners).  The Rangers acted as judge, jury and executioner, and to some, they were as low as the outlaws and badmen they went after.  Durham's recollections of King Fisher, a well known rustler, rancher and later a lawman, was fascinating in describing how Fisher dressed, acted, and most importantly, how he consistently outsmarted those that sought to end his days.A main character of the book is Ranger Captain Lee McNelly, who is acclaimed here and elsewhere as a brave and able leader.  During his rather short life McNelly participated in some wild and woooly events, and it is our good fortune that Durham was along to witness some of it.  It is apparent that Durham had a bit of the hero worship for McNelly, but considering Durham's young age when he joined the Rangers, and his lack of experience in the ways of the West, it is not unusual that Durham would be so inclined.The reason that I didn't rate this book a five star was because of the near total recall by Durham of the conversations and spoken words attributed to others, many years after the actual events.  In my own case it is sometimes hard to remember what someone said a mere month ago, so while I attribute a great deal of accuracy to the events described in the book, I have to wonder about the verbatim conversations.  However, this does not unduly detract from the overall favorable experience of reading this book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    What a story - and all true!
  

*by C***L on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 1, 2020*

My favorite book.  An excellent account (story) that makes you feel as if you are right there.  If you are interested in Texas, or western history, law enforcement, firearms and the human story - this little book has it all.  I am from the same area of the book's title - "The Nueces Strip".  The Nueces Strip is all the land between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers.  This is a story of a very young Texas Ranger (George Durham), and his experiences riding with 35 year old Ranger Captain Leander McNelly. Both men have interesting stories.  Clyde Wantland (passed away in 1963) is the author and used to write for the San Antonio express.  He has written several other articles and small books that I haven't been able to get ahold of.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Leadership We Need Today
  

*by M***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 14, 2016*

There was trouble on the Mexican border. A cartel was pillaging, murdering, and raping. The federal government was hobbled by political correctness and a fear of offending Mexico. The Texans took matters into their own hands and commissioned a frail, but determined war hero to head up his own team. It could be 2016, but this is 1876 and the brave, little leader was the indomitable Captain Leander McNelly, a plain-spoken sufferer of consumption who repeatedly rose from his sick bed to lead his loyal Rangers against well-organized banditos. He once went against direct orders of the Secretary of War and took 49 men on foot across the Rio Grande to assault hundreds of outlaws and return a herd of stolen cattle. When several federal troops assisted in the gunfight and were disciplined later by politicians in Washington, D.C., McNelly took six weeks and traveled at his own expense and the situation was rectified. A very good book with important life lessons. We need a Captain McNelly today.

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