6 Best true crime books like Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde by John Boessenecker

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Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde

By: John Boessenecker

3.94

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

The New York TimesBest Seller! "Frank Hamer, last of the old breed of Texas Rangers, has not fared …

If you liked the true crime plot in Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde by John Boessenecker , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. A Chain of Thunder

By: Jeff Shaara

4.23

Format: 562 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERContinuing the series that began with A Blaze of Glory, Jeff Shaara retur… read more

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  • american history
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2. Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.22

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

'This was much more than a bunch of guys out on an exploring and collecting expedition. This was a … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • westerns
  • nonfiction
"Anyone who has ever canoed on the upper Missouri River knows what a welcome sight a grove of cottonoods can be. They provide shade, shelter, and fuel. For Indian ponies, they provide food. For the Co…"

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

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3. Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory

By: Tod Bolsinger

4.25

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

Explorers Lewis and Clark had to adapt. While they had prepared to find a waterway to the Pacific O… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2) by James Ellroy

4. The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)

By: James Ellroy

4.26

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

1950s Los Angeles: The City of Angels has become the city of the Angel of Death. Communist witch-hu… read more

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  • crime
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5. Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball

By: George F. Will

3.50

Format: 192 pages,

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning political commentator and longtime baseball fanatic George F. Will-… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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6. The Last Full Measure (The Civil War Trilogy, #3)

By: Jeff Shaara

4.09

Format: 148 pages,

In the Pulitzer prize-winning classic The Killer Angels,Michael Shaara created the finest Civil War… read more

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  • american history
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7. The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

By: Colin Woodard

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The inspiration for the NBC series Crossbones. In the early eighteenth century a number of the grea… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi by Mitchell Zuckoff

8. 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi

By: Mitchell Zuckoff

3.44

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The harrowing, true account from the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of B… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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9. Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde

By: John Boessenecker

3.94

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

The New York TimesBest Seller! "Frank Hamer, last of the old breed of Texas Rangers, has not fared … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • westerns
  • nonfiction
  • crime

10. The Smoke at Dawn (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #3)

By: Jeff Shaara

4.12

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER Jeff Shaara returns to the Civil War terrain he knows so well, with the la… read more

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11. The Frozen Hours: A Novel of the Korean War

By: Jeff Shaara

3.40

Format: None pages,

The master of military historical fiction turns his discerning eye to the Korean War in this riveti… read more

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12. The Oregon Trail

By: Francis Parkman

3.57

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

Keen observations and a graphic style characterize the author's remarkable record of a vanishing fr… read more

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13. Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs

By: Buddy Levy

4.29

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

In an astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an adventure thriller, historian Buddy Levy r… read more

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14. I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa

By: Charles Brandt

4.12

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

The first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran were, "I heard you paint hou… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime

15. Gods and Generals (The Civil War Trilogy, #1)

By: Jeff Shaara

4.46

Format: 192 pages,

In a prequel of sorts to his father Michael Shaara's 1974 epic novel The Killer Angels, Jeff Shaara… read more

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16. Tom Horn: Blood on the Moon: Dark History of the Murderous Cattle Detective

By: None

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Did Tom Horn kill Willie Nickell? He was a death sentence to rustlers and the devil incarnate to ho… read more

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17. Black Mass

By: Dick Lehr , Gerard O'Neill

3.17

Format: None pages,

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18. Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West

By: Tom Clavin

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded w… read more

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19. Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier

By: Bob Drury

4.06

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

The Instant New York Times BestellerNational Bestseller"[The] authors’ finest work to date." —Wall … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • westerns
  • nonfiction
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20. Into the Great Emptiness: Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap

By: David Roberts

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had occupied… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage by Jeff Guinn

21. Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

By: Jeff Guinn

4.06

Format: None pages, Audiobook

“Impressively researched and written with storytelling verve” (The Wall Street Journal), this is th… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice by Tom Clavin

22. Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice

By: Tom Clavin

3.63

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Tom Clavin's Follow Me to Hell is the explosive true story… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • westerns
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West by Chris Wimmer

23. The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West

By: Chris Wimmer

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the creator of the "Legends of the Old West" podcast, a book exploring the overlapping narrati… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • westerns
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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24. Texas Ranger (Rory Yates #1)

By: James Patterson

3.96

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

In his bid for justice, a courageous law-man aims dead center when he is called home to settle dead… read more

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  • westerns
  • crime
Cover of Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations by William H. McRaven

25. Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations

By: William H. McRaven

4.44

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having been involved in some of … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"They were survivors. They didn't complain. They didn't blame others for their misfortune. They worked hard and expected the same from their children. They treasured their friendships. They fought for…"

-William H. McRaven, Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations

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26. Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell (Frontier Lawmen)

By: Tom Clavin

4.03

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the OK Corral, by the N… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • westerns
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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27. Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter (Frontier Lawmen)

By: Tom Clavin

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The definitive true story of Wild Bill, the first lawman of the Wild West, by the #1 New York Times… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • westerns
  • nonfiction
Cover of 62: Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees, and the Pursuit of Greatness by Bryan Hoch

28. 62: Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees, and the Pursuit of Greatness

By: Bryan Hoch

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

“The definitive story” (Tyler Kepner, The New York Times baseball columnist) of Yankees slugger Aar… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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29. Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War

By: S.C. Gwynne

4.34

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Empire of the Summer Moon and Rebel… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West by Will Grant

30. The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West

By: Will Grant

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“Spellbinding…an unforgettable journey across the American West.” - Douglas Preston For readers … read more

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  • westerns
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Defenders of the West: The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam by Raymond Ibrahim

31. Defenders of the West: The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam

By: Raymond Ibrahim

4.64

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of the lives and epic battles of eight Western defenders against violent Islamic… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

17 must-read history books like Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde by John Boessenecker

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Stephen E. Ambrose

4.22

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Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball

George F. Will

3.50

Transform Your Habits

The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

Colin Woodard

3.67

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13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi

Mitchell Zuckoff

3.44

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Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.22

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Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West

Michael Punke

2.90

Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

Hampton Sides

3.92

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The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

Stacy Schiff

3.74

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