On January 17, 1890, John ... West and the shape of the nation’s democracy. America’s story had always closely aligned with that of Exodus—the tale of a people who left behind an oppressive ...

Dear R.C.: John Wesley Hardin's life was colorful enough ... Hardin’s life, real or magnified, made him an Old West legend. He was mentioned in novels such as Larry McMurtry’s “Streets ...

The folk-pop songwriter then adopted his stage name from the 1967 Bob Dylan album, in which Dylan famously misspells the name of the Old West gunslinger, John Wesley Hardin. With a Dylan-esque ...