One book I saved from the “burn barrel” was an autobiography titled, Twelve Years in the Saddle For Law and Order on the Frontiers of Texas, by Sergeant W.J.L. Sullivan, Texas Ranger Co. B, Frontier Battalion. Did he write other books and has anyone else written about him? Clell J. Becker Rochester, Washington First editions of Sergeant Sullivan’s book are rare. First published in 1909, in Austin, Texas, the book was recently republished by the University of Nebraska Press. You can read

True West May/June 2025
In This Issue:
Features
- Historic Hotels of the American West
- A Journey Through Wyoming’s Outlaw History
- A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier
- Blazing The Oregon Trail
- Journey Through Time
- Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?
- Mountain Meadows Scapegoat John D. Lee VS. A Firing Squad
- Mormons in the Movies
- An Indigenous Consultant Ensures Accuracy
- The Battle Axe And A Raw Deal
- Showdown: Bridger VS. Brigham
- The Mountain Man and the Mormon Moses
- The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows
- The War Before the War
- Mountain Meadows