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Walter Prescott Webb on Rangers and frontier ideas
The article traces Walter Prescott Webb’s development as a western historian from his Texas Ranger studies to his Great Plains thesis. It notes his method of drawing fresh conclusions from sources, his shift from local Texas topics to international frontier history, and his major works and honors. Webb’s Texas home, Oxford lectures, and current Houston visiting professorship are listed as context for his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb
A.H.A
Washington
U. of T
M.A
Texas
James E. Ferguson
Ferguson
Pancho Villa
J. T. Canales
Texas Rangers
West
Sam Bass
Round Rock
The
West Texas
Fort Worth
United States
Stephen F. Austin
Great Plains
Samuel Colt
Rangers
Frederick Jackson Turner
Turner
Europe
Heaven
Panola County
State University
Oxford University
England
Southern Methodist University
Harkness
London University
Austin
Houston