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John Wesley Hardin : dark angel of Texas / Leon Metz.
- Title
- John Wesley Hardin : dark angel of Texas / Leon Metz.
- Author
- Metz, Leon Claire.
- Publication
- El Paso, Tex. : Mangan Books, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | F391.H26 M46 1996 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiv, 337 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Killing people was inherent to John Wesley Hardin. So he killed many men, perhaps as few as twenty or as many as fifty. Nobody knows the exact figure. Author Leon Metz strips the veneer of western romance from Hardin and delves into this unusual man's murky soul. He finds more here than just a gunfighter biography, but a dark, murderous tragedy. Hardin was both ruthless and righteous. His sense of character echoes loud and clear. He was intensely loyal to his friends and family and believed in spunk as well as the living God. In his own mind, he never shot a man who did not deserve it. It is sufficient to say that John Wesley Hardin was the most feared and fearless of all the Old West's killers -- Book jacket.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Biographies
- Note
- Maps on lining papers.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-330) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- A boy named John -- The hour of the gun -- A reputation builds -- Death ride -- A dead man every mile -- The killing trail -- Abilene, Kansas -- Prairie justice -- Death by snoring -- A three gun man -- A bullet for Tom Haldeman -- The Sutton-Taylor feud -- Exit James Cox and Jack Helm -- Too mean to arrest -- Joe Hardin and the good earth -- Goodby Bill Sutton -- Charlie Webb goes down -- A whale among little fishes -- Capturing the Grand Mogul -- I am a human being -- State prison -- Tell Wes to be a good man -- El Paso -- Just return what I lost -- Adios, Martin -- Autobiography of a sinner -- Four sixes to beat -- To a higher court.
- ISBN
- 0930208358 (hc : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^96011925^
- OCLC
- 34410209
- SCSB-12703221
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library