Chasing Thugs, Nazis, and Reds
Texas Ranger Norman K. Dixon
978-1-62349-256-4 Cloth
6.12 x 9.25 x 0 in
256 pp. 27 b&w photos. 2 maps. Bib. Index.
Pub Date: 02/16/2015
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As a Ranger, Dixon broke up the largest oil field theft ring in Texas history, worked to solve the most infamous cold case in Texas history, sought the Phantom Killer, investigated a near-mutiny by cadets and veterans on the campus of Texas A&M, rushed to a rural county to head off a lynching, and kept watch over Texas during World War II. He became the go-to investigator for the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, governors, and the state legislature.
During the final years of his career, which coincided with the McCarthy era in the 1950s, he was the chief of internal security, charged with protecting Texans from the Red Menace.
Using Ranger Dixon’s meticulously-kept diary entries, Kemp Dixon now tells his father’s compelling story.
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