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Charles L. Douglas
Drawn to the rough-and-ready legends of Texas, this writer turned frontier history into lively, accessible stories about cattle barons, feuds, rangers, and the Texas Navy. His books have helped keep some of the state's most colorful episodes in print for new generations of readers.
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Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
by Charles L. Douglas
About the author
C. L. Douglas, identified in library and book records as Claude Leroy Douglas (1901– ), wrote popular history centered on Texas. His best-known books include The Gentlemen in the White Hats, Famous Texas Feuds, Thunder on the Gulf, and Cattle Kings of Texas.
Available publisher and bookseller descriptions describe him as a newspaper man in Fort Worth who loved Texas history and wrote a number of books about it. His work focused on vivid, dramatic corners of the state's past, especially the Texas Rangers, the Texas Navy, frontier conflicts, and the rise of the cattle industry.
Douglas's books are remembered for bringing larger-than-life Texas characters and conflicts to general readers in a straightforward, story-driven way. While detailed biographical information about his personal life is hard to confirm from readily available reliable sources, his legacy as a chronicler of Texas history remains clear through the continued circulation and reprinting of his books.