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The Life of John Wesley Hardin: As Written By Himself

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In an era and an area notable for badmen and gunslingers, John Wesley Hardin was perhaps the most notorious. Considered by many of his contemporaries to be almost illiterate, he nevertheless left for publication after his death in 1895 this autobiography, which, though biased, is remarkably accurate and readable. Hardin was born in 1853 in Bonham, Texas, the son of a Methodist preacher. His first brush with the law came at the age of fifteen when he killed a Negro during an altercation typical of the strife-torn ...

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The Life of John Wesley Hardin: As Written By Himself 1973, University of Oklahoma Press, Oklahoma

ISBN-13: 9780806110516

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