In the spring of 1875, J. B. Gillett enlisted in Company D of the Texas Rangers, at the tender age of seventeen. He spent the next six years living the adventurous frontier life: fighting Indians, bringing the Ranger’s brand of law to the frontier, and having a glorious time sleeping under the broad Texas sky. Jeff Dykes placed it on his list of the ten most outstanding books on the West. He said, I heard Capt. Gillett tell this story and it reads like he talked - you simply live those six years with him.