The Pergamum Collection publishes books history has long forgotten. We transcribe books by hand that are now hard to find and out of print.

In an era and an area notable for badmen and gunslingers, John Wesley Hardin was perhaps the most notorious. Considered by many of his contemporaries to be almost illiterate, he nevertheless left for publication after his death in 1895 this autobiography, which, though biased, is remarkably accurate and readable.

Gambler, gunslinger, folk hero to some, cold-blooded murderer to others, John Wesley Hardin or Wes Hardin as he was known, was one of America’s first celebrity outlaws. During the late 1860s and early 1870s the teenage Texan waged a one-man war of revenge for the South, relishing opportunities to unleash his 45 Colts at any hint of enmity, while simultaneously herding cattle, running racehorses, managing saloons, winning big at monte, seven up and practically any game of chance he could ge...

John Wesley Hardin was the only Wild West outlaw to write his autobiography. This new 2018 edition of his prison-penned memoirs includes an introduction and footnotes by author and translator Damian Stevenson (‘On the Shortness of Life’) which help shed light on this most enigmatic of Old West legends.

John Wesley Hardin ragt unter den Revolvermännern des Wilden Westen des 19. Jahrhunderts hervor, weil er – laut der Legende – 44 Männer getötet haben will und damit in der "Bestenliste" der American Gunfighters mit an oberster Stelle rangiert. Doch hält diese Zahl einer Überprüfung stand, und wie wurde aus dem Sohn eines Methodisten-Predigers das "schwarze Schaf" der Familie, der die Ordnungshüter von Texas rund ein Jahrzehnt lang in Atem hielt? Der Autor befasst sich in seinem Buch mit de...

John Wesley Hardin killed for the joy of killing. He always felt he was persecuted for his Southern feelings. He deplored the black slaves of the south. He was also fast with a six-gun and used it all too often.

Wes Hart — ex-soldier, ex-Texas Ranger, ex-rider with Billy the Kid. He's tough, ruthless and slick with a .45. He's for hire now and he isn't cheap. In the old West, gunfighting was a trade you started early. Wes Hart killed his first man when he was still in his teens and so did John Wesley Hardin. Hardin went on to carve himself a notch in the history books, if it's a notch you merit when you're an outlaw with all the virtues of a renegade rattlesnake. There's a posse of Rangers who've ...

American West Collection includes three classic primary texts from the Old West:My Life Among the Indians by George Catlin. Prolific artist-author-explorer-entrepreneur George Catlin’s incredible one-man tour across the Americas is a record of countless forgotten tribes. This remarkable travelogue, from one of the first experts on Native Americans, includes many of Catlin’s original portraits.The Life of John Wesley Hardin by John Wesley Hardin. A...

**BASED ON THE REAL LIFE OF AN ICON OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE.William Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone are the acclaimed masters of the American frontier and national bestsellers. Now, they take on the deadliest and most feared outlaw to ever walk the Old West—John Wesley Hardin.**First he became a killer.Then he became a legend.He was 15 when he killed his first man. Before his murderous ways ended, Hardin killed 42 men in cold blood—one, the legend goes, because he...

The award-winning author's "fearless" debut novel chronicles the life of a legendary Texas outlaw with "a ruthless sensibility . . . spare and tough" ( Publishers Weekly).Some called him a Texas hero. Some called him the Devil himself. But on one point they all agreed. While he was alive, John Wesley Hardin was the deadliest man in Texas.A killer at fifteen, in the next few years he became skilled enough with his pistols to back do...

John Wesley Hardin! His name spread terror in much of Texas in the years following the Civil War as the most wanted fugitive with a 4000 reward on his head. A Texas Ranger wrote that he killed men just to see them kick. Hardin began his killing career in the late 1860s and remained a wanted man until his capture in 1877 by Texas Rangers and Florida law officials. He certainly killed twenty men; some credited him with killing forty or more. After sixteen years in Huntsville prison he was pa...

Chuck Parson and Norman Wayne Brown are noted experts on the life and times of John Wesley Hardin. They have written numerous books and magazine articles covering the topic from all angles and in such respected publications as True West, Frontier Times, and The Tombstone Epitaph.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 a...