Joe Pappalardo is a contributing editor at Popular Mechanics. His work has also appeared in Smithsonian Air & Space, Time magazine, American Way, Mental Floss, and online at Esquire. He has appeared on the History Channel, the Science Channel, C-SPAN, CNN, Fox News, and the John Batchelor Show.
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The explosive and bloody true history of Texas Rangers Company F, hard men who risked their lives to bring justice to a lawless frontier Between 1886 and 1888, Sgt. James Brooks of Texas Ranger Company F was engaged in three fatal gunfights, endured di... SEE MORE