{"product_id":"john-selman-gunfighter-9780806124193","title":"John Selman Gunfighter","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Leon C. Metz\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeon Metz has pieced together, for the first time, all that is known of John Selman, a shadowy figure in Texas and New Mexico during the unsettled, often violent, period after the Civil War. Unlike many of his comrades--including the most notorious outlaws of his time--John Selman did not wish to become well known. Indeed, his penchant for assumed names indicates he did not wish to be known at all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSelman was an enigmatic man of many parts: he was an oldest son, responsive to the needs of his mother and siblings; a soldier with a talent for leadership--until his unexplained desertion from the Confederate Army; a husband and father; a rancher who struggled with, and murdered, would-be grangers; and a devoted friend to an evil influence named John Larn, with whom he seemed to kill for sport. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the Southwest became more settled, so did John Selman. At the end of his career, when he was a constable in El Paso, Selman lost his anonymity for all time: He was the man who killed John Wesley Hardin. Metz explores the stories surrounding Hardin's death--some said Selman shot Hardin in the back. Including rare photographs, Metz presents his conclusions about this legendary gunfighter.","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47615382356119,"sku":"9780806124193","price":1753.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780806124193.webp?v=1775100423","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/john-selman-gunfighter-9780806124193","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}