John Selman Gunfighter

by Leon Claire Metz

Book Overview

"Selman was a typical frontier character. He grew up on the edge of civilization; fought with (and deserted) the Confederacy, became the leader of a hard-case gang in New Mexico during Lincoln County War days, and ended his career as a more-or-less respectable policeman in El Paso. He secured for himself a place in frontier history by killing John Wesley Hardin in the Acme Saloon on August 19, 1895. Eight months later, on April 5, 1896, be himself...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806124199
• ISBN13: 9780806124193
• Release Date: September 1980
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"