Bad Blood: The Violent Lives of John Wesley Hardin, His Brothers, and Associates
About this ebook
Their biography, A Lawless Breed: John Wesley Hardin, Texas Reconstruction and Violence in the Wild West (Denton: UNT Press, 2013) was relevant about John Wesley Hardin and his siblings at the time. Since then, they learned where John Wesley Hardin was really born, found that Gip Hardin did not die at sea, discovered a rare letter penned by Reverend Hardin to son Joe's widow, Belle, additional evidence surrounding John Wesley Hardin's death in El Paso, 1895, and much more.
Some of the new discovered information was reported in articles published by True West, The Tombstone Epitaph, and Journal of Wild West History Association. Some articles have not been published. It seems bad blood ran though the veins of the Hardin brothers and many who associated with them. Hopefully you will find this collection worthwhile in addition to their knowledge of why the "breed" of John Wesley Hardin seemed so lawless.
About the author
Norman Wayne Brown is a retired Air Force disabled veteran and a retired Texas State Parole Officer. He writes about the Wild West with seven books and dozens of magazine articles. His latest book, Man Hunter in Indian County, Deputy US Marshal George Redman Tucker, Eakin Press, has received five-star reviews.
Chuck Parsons, a Texan by choice, was raised in Iowa and Minnesota. Texas history has always held a fascination for him, and he has authored several books about the state's best-known characters from history. His writings include The Sutton-Taylor Feud; Jack Helm: A Victim of Texas Reconstruction Violence; King Fisher: The Short Life and Elusive Legend of a Texas Desperado; Captain John R. Hughes: Lone Star Ranger; Texas Ranger Lee Hall: From the Red River to the Rio Grande among others.
