Many well-read students, historians, and loyal aficionados of Texas Ranger lore know the name of Texas Ranger Captain Frank Jones (1856-1893), who died on the Texas-Mexico border in a shootout with Mexican rustlers. In Six-Shooters and Shifting Sands, Bob Alexander has now penned the first full-length biography of this important nineteenth-century Texas Ranger. At an early age Frank Jones, a native Texan, would become a Frontier Battalion era Ranger. His enlistment with the Rangers coincided with their transition from Indian fighters to lawmen. While serving in the Frontier Battalion officers' corps of Company D, Frank Jones supervised three of the four “great” captains of that era: J.A. Brooks, John H. Rogers, and John R. Hughes. Besides Austin Ira Aten and his younger brothers Calvin Grant Aten and Edwin Dunlap Aten, Captain Jones also managed law enforcement activities of numerous other noteworthy Rangers, such as Philip Cuney "P.C." Baird, Benjamin Dennis Lindsey, Bazzell Lamar "Baz" Outlaw, J. Walter Durbin, Jim King, Frank Schmid, and Charley Fusselman, to name just a few. Frank Jones’ law enforcing life was anything but boring. Not only would he find himself dodging bullets and returning fire, but those Rangers under his supervision would also experience gunplay. …

A senior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

A recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Music (BM) in Performance degree.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.

A faculty and student recital performed at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.

A senior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.

A junior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

A chamber music studies recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.

A senior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.

A ViolUNTi concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

A senior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater.

A faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

A faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Graduate Artist Certificate in Music Performance.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.

A faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.

A senior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

A senior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.