"Ranking in historical importance with 'The Old Trail Drivers' is 'The Pioneer History of Bandera County,' which Mr. Hunter published in 1921. As a dependable and complete record of Bandera County life this book is to be commended; as a fine adventure in pioneer bookmaking it is probably unparalleled." -Fort Worth Star-Telegram, July 17, 1932"Camp Verde...was established in 1846 for frontier protection and as a camel post, according to the Pioneer History of Bandera...

"Clinton Smith's first person account of life on the frontier, as well as his detailed account of living with the Indians, is both a humorous and grim look at reality on the wild Texas frontier. His initiation into the tribe...is a brutal tale." -San Angelo Standard Times, May 19, 1986"The Boy Captive...is a thrilling story relating in a realistic manner the adventures of a Texas boy and gives a true account of the most exciting events in Texas his...

"Aside from Greer's work, the most complete biography is 'Jack Hays, the Intrepid Texas Ranger,' a compilation edited by J. Marvin Hunter and published in a series in Frontier Times magazine in 1927...much of Hunter's material was taken from an unpublished manuscript...compiled by Hays' friend." -The Men Who Wear the Star: the Story of the Texas Rangers (2000)"J. Marvin Hunter ... is devoted to the preservation of stories connected with the history...