Bowen and Hardin by Chuck and Marjorie Parsons - 1991

College Station, Texas: The Early West Creative Publishing Company, 1991. BH4 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED by both authors and dated on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping, and crease on the edges and corners, scattered rubbing and light scratches, book has some light stains on the page edges, dust jacket and book have some light discoloration and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.5", 159 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. John Wesley Hardin was an American Old West outlaw, gunfighter, and controversial folk icon. The son of a Methodist preacher, Hardin got into trouble with the law from an early age. He killed his first man at age 15; he claimed it was in self-defense. Pursued by lawmen for most of his life, he was sentenced in 1877 at age 23 to 24 years in prison for murder. When he was sentenced, Hardin claimed to have killed 42 men but contemporary newspaper accounts attributed only 27 deaths to him. While in prison, Hardin studied law and wrote an autobiography. He was well known for wildly exaggerating or completely making up stories about his life. He claimed credit for many murders that cannot be corroborated. Within a year of his release in 1894, Hardin was killed by John Selman in an El Paso saloon. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.