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Title: John Wesley Hardin : Suppressed Memories by Steppen Wirth ISBN: 0-9670888-8-7 Publisher: Osiris Publishing Company Pub. Date: 26 May, 1999 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent!
Comment: As a direct descendant of John Wesley Hardin (he was my grandmother's so-many-greats uncle) I read every book on him I can. This is my favorite of all, because I believe it is one of the view that gives a realistic, balanced view of the man he was.
Rating: 5
Summary: Unique and compelling
Comment: My father was born in Fannin County, Texas in 1910, the birthplace of John Wesley Hardin. I grew up listening to stories of Hardin's exploits and was pleasantly surprised to run across Steppen Wirth's book, John Wesley Hardin: Suppressed Memories. Many of my father's stories of Hardin came to life and old memories resurfaced.
The various biographies about Wes Hardin are little more than a retelling of his autobiography. Some authors go on to vilify, and some glorify Hardin but none really gives any insight into Hardin's personality. There isn't any reason for anyone to write
another biography on Wes Hardin unless new information is uncovered and that is doubtful. That's why a book like Steppen Wirth's is refreshing. He is not limited to rehashing Hardin's autobiography. Like one Reviewer put it: "The line between what is real and what the author has crafted from imagination is difficult to see." In Steppen's book Hardin steps from the pages, you can feel him breathe. You can almost touch him. The softer side of Wes Hardin, his deep love for his wife and close bond with family and friends moved me. Just when I started to feel empathy for Hardin the author reminded me of Hardin's willingness to kill. I admit there are parts of this book I think are too graphic for my taste. I wonder about the necessity of such violent detail. I have never understood why men have to kill each other but I've never understood war either. Most women don't. I realize Hardin's world was a different world, a world where you had to stay alive during that horrible period after the Civil War. I know anti-Union sentiments were still strong in my father's youth.
This title is a welcome addition to the Hardin list of books. Steppen's prose is vivid and strong. I became so engrossed I read the whole thing in one sitting. I will read this book again and look forward to more books by Steppen Wirth.
Rating: 5
Summary: An insight into the complex personality of Wes Hardin
Comment: This book tells the story of the meteoric rise of master gunfighter John Wesley Hardin, a legend by the age of eighteen, who dazzled outlaws and lawmen alike with his extreme daring and phenomenal skill with firearms. The author, Steppen Wirth manages cleverly to interweave crystalline paragraphs, reminiscences, letters, journals, and newspaper accounts to recreate this intensely human story. Eminently fascinating...a colorful, and inventive book, but not one for the queasy.
As a Hardin fan I read this book with great curiosity. In fact I read it four times and each time I found something else to like about it. Steppen Wirth effectively conveys the many sides of John Wesley Hardin's complex personality. It is truly a work of art. I highly recommend it.
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Title: Gunfighter: An Autobiography by John Wesley Hardin, Mark Manning ISBN: 1840680385 Publisher: Creation Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Life of John Wesley Hardin As Written by Himself by John Wesley Hardin, Robert G. McCubbin ISBN: 0806110511 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: June, 1977 List Price(USD): $8.89 |
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Title: John Wesley Hardin: Dark Angel of Texas by Leon Claire Metz ISBN: 0806129956 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Letters of John Wesley Hardin by Roy Stamps, Jo Ann Stamps, John Wesley Hardin ISBN: 1571686223 Publisher: Eakin Publications Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Triggernometry: A Gallery of Gunfighters: With Technical Notes on Leather Slapping As a Fine Art, Gathered from Many a Loose Holstered Expert over the Years by Eugene Cunningham, Joseph G. Rosa, Eugene Manlove Rhodes ISBN: 0806128372 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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