The Letters Of John Wesley Hardin.

STAMPS, ROY & JO ANN [TRANSCRIBED AND COMPILED BY].

Publication: Eakin Press, 2001, Austin

First edition. 8vo. Fabricoid with gold stamping on spine, xiv, 343 pp., author's note, acknowledgments, a brief look at John Wesley Hardin, plates, illustrated, index. These letters appear by the courtesy Special Collections, Albert B. Alkek Library, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. Hardin is revealed here in nearly three hundred letters and documents. These personal writings also provide a detailed account of his capture and imprisonment, his family relationships, his religious beliefs, his transformation into a lawyer, and his pardon by Gov. James Hogg. A unique record of how Hardin thought and how he lived his life. Very fine in dust jacket.

Inventory Number: 50832