King Fisher: The Short Life and Elusive Legend of a Texas Desperado

by Chuck Parsons, Thomas C Bicknell, Thomas C. Bicknell

Book Overview

America's Wild West created an untold number of notorious characters, and in southwestern Texas, John King Fisher (1855- 1884) was foremost among them. To friends and foes alike, he insisted he be called "King." He found a home in the tough sun-beaten Nueces Strip, a lawless land between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande. There he gathered a gang of rustlers around him at his ranch on Pendencia Creek. For a decade King and his gang raided both sides...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574418610
• ISBN13: 9781574418613
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: University of North Texas Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"