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.
Selman was an enigmatic man of many parts: he was an oldest son, responsive to the n.
Indeed, his penchant for assumed names indicates he did not wish to be known at all.
Unlike many of his comrades--including the most notorious outlaws of his time--John Selman did not wish to become well known.
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