Background
Metz, Leon Claire was born on November 6, 1930 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Leon and Velma Mae (Balderson) Metz.
( Leon Metz has pieced together, for the first time, all ...)
Leon 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. Selman 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. As 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.
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( Thus spoke one lawman about John Wesley Hardin, easily ...)
Thus spoke one lawman about John Wesley Hardin, easily the most feared and fearless of all the gunfighters in the West. Nobody knows the exact number of his victims-perhaps as few as twenty or as many as fifty. In his way of thinking, Hardin never shot a man who did not deserve it. Seeking to gain insight into Hardin’s homicidal mind, Leon Metz describes how Hardin’s bloody career began in post-Civil War Central Texas, when lawlessness and killings were commonplace, and traces his life of violence until his capture and imprisonment in 1878. After numerous unsuccessful escape attempts, Hardin settled down and received a pardon years later in 1895. He wrote an autobiography but did not live to see it published. Within a few months of his release, John Selman gunned him down in an El Paso saloon.
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(This is the first full-length biography of John Selman, f...)
This is the first full-length biography of John Selman, famous as the "man who killed John Wesley Hardin." Selman was a figure of stealth and violence - an outlaw and a leader of outlaws who had many notches on his gun. He was known in the Southwest as a rustler, a robber and a killer, but only once did John Selman come close to being convicted of a crime - when he was tried for the murder of John Wesley Hardin. Unlike other six-gun figures such as Billy the Kid and Wild Bill Hickok, Selman deliberately avoided the limelight. He never sought publicity, preferring to ply his nefarious trade without the dubious benefits of press-agentry or widespread newspaper attention. Yet he was a dangerous man, a deadly adversary in any conflict.
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(9 pp., photograph, map. A fine, unread, unmarked, unblemi...)
9 pp., photograph, map. A fine, unread, unmarked, unblemished copy. Limited to 500 copies. This pamphlet preceded the author's acclaimed and definitive biography of JWH. It focuses on the death of the notorious gunfighter from Texas.
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Metz, Leon Claire was born on November 6, 1930 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Leon and Velma Mae (Balderson) Metz.
Metz has presented hundreds of his programs to groups all over the United States. particularly in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona. Metz has also made numerous television appearances television documentaries most notably, A&East"s The Real West series, which is also shown on The History Channel. He then joined the United States Air Force during the Korean War.
Commander of Order of Leopold "Doc" Sonnichsen a noted historian himself, would serve as an early mentor for the young Metz.
Literary and other works
Metz has penned 17 books, most notably John Selman: Texas Gunfighter and a biography of Old West lawman Pat Garrett. Metz also hosts a weekly column in the El Paso Times.
Metz also hosts a radio show, The Leon Metz Show on KTSM, which relates to Southwestern United States. history. He can also be seen often on British Broadcasting Corporation television specials on the west.
On June 16, 2012 Metz contributed his voice to an alternative hip hop album entitled Greetings from El Paso, a concept album about El Paso, Texas by local rapper Zyme One.
Other books are:.
( Leon Metz has pieced together, for the first time, all ...)
( Thus spoke one lawman about John Wesley Hardin, easily ...)
(This is the first full-length biography of John Selman, f...)
(9 pp., photograph, map. A fine, unread, unmarked, unblemi...)
Sergeant United States Air Force, 1948-1952. Member Western Writers American.
Married Mary Fitzgerald, 1951 (divorced 1966). Children: Velma, Leon, Matthew. Married Cheryl Lynn Schilling, June 12, 1970.