The ghost of the infamous John Wesley Hardin is a hard one to kill. Just ask Leon Metz, one of the most meticulous researchers in the field of Western history. After a series of successful books on lawmen and outlaws, his pivotal work on the gunfighter began with unusual intensity. Along the way, he sensed that Hardin didn’t care much for the intrusion into his previously little-known life. The author felt a palpable and belligerent presence by day, while suffering hair-raising tremors


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