John King Fisher - King of the Nueces Strip

by G.R. Williamson

Overview

John King Fisher - King of the Nueces Strip (Second Edition)    

 Known as two of the best pistol fighters of their day, Ben Thompson and John King Fisher have remained an enigma in the chronicles of the Western Frontier. 

    While other gun fighters have achieved notoriety through the stories told in the pulp magazines and newspapers of the day these two men have been largely ignored. 

     Both were credited with killing a string of men during their lifetime and the mere mention of their names was usually enough to sober up a drunken opponent or cause a sober man to contemplate his own epitaph. 

These men were not cold-blooded murders but rather stand-up gun fighters that faced their adversaries in the winner-take-all shootout. 

“Ben Thompson had during his career more deadly encounters with the pistol than any man living and won out in every single instance.”

                                                                                                            Bat Masterson

"Fisher killed clean with either hand; he was one of the genuine two-pistol shooters.”

                                                                                     George Durham, Texas Ranger

      John King Fisher - King of The Nueces Strip tells their story in vivid detail and relates the true account of their deaths in a mystery clouded ambush in a San Antonio saloon on a chilly March night in 1884.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940155421177
Publisher:	Indian Head Publishing
Publication date:	03/05/2018
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

G.R. Williamson lives in the Texas Hill Country near Kerrville with his wife, Jean, and his ever faithful Chihuahua, “Shooter”.

He is a historical researcher, a historian and a born storyteller. As a child, he grew up hearing his granddad and his bluegrass-playing buddies spin yarns under shade trees between sets. He would sit and wonder at their ability to peel pecans with their knives and then eat the pecans, all the while chewing tobacco. It was a true wonder to behold.

Then later he was fortunate enough to encounter a number of storytelling sages to engender a real passion for the art form.

Over the years he has written several books and many articles on the historical figures and events in Old West history. In addition, he has penned several western motion picture screenplays.

His book on Willis Newton stems from an interview he had with the outlaw shortly before he died at age ninety – and was still an unrepentant outlaw.

For more information, visit his website GRWilliamson.com.