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Hardin was an average man - except for his above average gunlighting. A Texan sympathizer to slavery writes about his deeds during life. Some of these deeds are commendable, while some are downright deplorable - just like any other man.

He was 15 when he killed his first man. Before his murderous ways ended, Hardin killed 42 men in cold blood - one, the legend goes, because he snored too loudly. From then on, John Wesley Hardin stayed true to his calling, killing man after man after man, spending most of his life being pursued by both local lawmen and federal troops.

Sarah berichtet aus ihrem vergangenen Leben. Sie schildert, wie das Nichts das Alles verschluckte und wie der Weg sie schließlich zum Institut Aware geführt hat. Im Chicago des Jahres 1893 findet der Handlungsreisende Winfield Lovecraft in "the castle" eine Bleibe für die Nacht, die er allerdings nie vergessen, nie ganz überwinden wird.

Winfield Lovecraft erwacht in den tiefen Kellern von "the castle" und bekommt unerwartet Hilfe von einem jungen Mann, der sich zu dieser Zeit ebenfalls in Chicago aufhält. Die beiden Männer entdecken etwas wahrhaft Furchtbares ... Der kleine Nicola Tesla versucht indes vergeblich Anschluss an die dörfliche Schar der Kinder zu bekommen. Eine unbekannte Frau mit einem Perlenohrring nähert sich ihm auf verstörende Weise, bis ein alter Freund Nikolas einschreitet.

America has always preferred heroes who weren't clean cut, an informal ode to the rugged individualism and pioneering spirit that defined the nation in previous centuries. After the early 19th century saw the glorification of frontier folk heroes like Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, a new breed of folk icons inhabited the Wild West, and one of the most notorious and controversial of them all is John Wesley Hardin, still regarded today as Texas' most deadly gunfighter and most famous outlaw.

John Wesley Hardin! His name spread terror in much of Texas in the years following the Civil War as the most wanted fugitive, with a $4,000 reward on his head. A Texas Ranger wrote that he killed men just to see them kick. Hardin began his killing career in the late 1860s and remained a wanted man until his capture in 1877 by Texas Rangers and Florida law officials. He certainly killed 20 men; some credited him with killing 40 or more.