Author and historian Brownson Malsch captures with his customary skill the greatness of modern-day Texas Ranger Captain M.T."Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas in this small but powerful biography. From the Lone Wolf's baptism of fire along the Rio Grande in the 1920's to the oil boom days in east Texas, Malsch recounts the engaging story of one of the most renowned and most colorful men to have ever worn the star of the Texas Rangers. In a career that spanned some four decades, the Lone Wolf became one of the most charismatic characters to have served as a Ranger, and one of the most feared lawmen among the criminal element of the Lone Star State. With a forward by Mary Nell Garrison, the wife of Colonel Homer Garrison, the longtime director of the Texas Department of Publich Safety, and an accomplished historian in her own right, this book offers up a fascinating account of the exploits of "Cap" Gonzaullas. The book is well indexed and could easily serve as a source of research data for those interested in the history of the Texas Rangers. Lone Wolf Gonzaullas was, without question, a unique individual who served during a time of transition for the Rangers. This book offers up an interesting perspective on this exceptional man whose work spanned this time of change.

A dictator ?? You gotta be kidding. Ataturk is the reason Turkish people have democracy, women's equality, and a secular government. Without this 'dictator' they would be still in the stone ages. The 'author' has NO understanding of the Turkish and Ottoman history.

There are other books about Ataturk that offer balanced and fair
description. It is extremely difficult to accept Armstrong's biased
(and dated) characterization of Ataturk. Dictator, was he? Terrible.

This is not a bad book as lots of people think. If you omit the things about Ataturk's private life (the writer wrote too much things that there is no way he may know) this book gives a good idea about how much he loved his country and how incredible he is. But I suggest you start with Lord Kinross's book if you would like to read about Ataturk. Also the last sentence of the book was a good one:

"He is Dictator in order that it may be impossible ever again that there should be in Turkey a Dictator".

I guess he did what he had to do to save Turkey.