John Wesley Hardin was one of the most violent figures of a violent age.  Born in Bonham to a Methodist preacher in 1853, he quickly moved to a life of crime.  By the time he was 18, he killed perhaps ...

Introduction, by Robert G. McCubbin -- Preface -- The life of John Wesley Hardin -- Appendix -- The death of Hardin -- The killing of Selman ...

Chuck Parsons and Norman Wayne Brown have written "A Lawless Breed," a comprehensive 500-page biography of the notorious John Wesley Hardin (University of North Texas Press, $29.95 hardcover). Parsons ...

The people of El Paso breathed a sigh of relief Aug. 19, 1895, at the news of the death of John Wesley Hardin at the Acme Saloon. One hundred and fifty years after his death, Hardin, rumored to have ...

John Wesley Hardin was the second son born to a Methodist preacher near Bonham, Texas, who named him after the godfather of the Methodist church. Two things remained constant in Hardin’s short life, ...

Texans have always argued about John Wesley Hardin, a gunfighter known to have killed more than 30 men. To some, Hardin was a hero of Reconstruction-era Texas, a devoted family man and a supporter of ...

John Wesley Hardin was the second son born to a Methodist preacher near Bonham, Texas, who named him after the godfather of the Methodist church. Two things remained constant in Hardin’s short life, ...