The Shooters

With a scholar's authority and a storyteller's passion, Leon Metz chronicles the lives of famous gunfighters like Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, and Wild Bill Hickok, as well as lesser-known desperadoes who left just as many corpses and whiskey bottles in their wake. Rich in detail, and woven with wit and insight, these fascinating portraits reveal the Shooters as they really lived, fought, and died.Leon Claire Metz is a historian and self-proclaimed “hillbilly from West Virginia” who has been interested in history since he was 14 years old. After time spent in the Air Force, he started writing his own history books. In 2010, he received the Texas Historical Commission's Ruth Lester Lifetime Achievement Award. Metz lives in El Paso, Texas.