John Ringo, King of the Cowboys 2/e

David Johnson has received degrees from Pennsylvania State University and Purdue University. He is the author of The Mason County "Hoo Doo" War, 1874-1902, published by the University of North Texas Press. His 1996 edition of John Ringo was a finalist for best biography of the year by the Western Writers of America. Johnson has also edited two editions of The Life of Thomas W. Gamel, with a third revision currently underway.

This is the definitive biography of John Ringo, sans mythology and malarkey."" - Bob Alexander, award-winning author of Old West history ""Historian Dave Johnson sets aside the legends and myths to present here the most complete biography of Ringo to date, from his participation in the Mason County 'Hoo Doo' War of Texas to the violence and feuding with the Earps in Tombstone, 'The Town Too Tough to Die."" - Chuck Parsons, author of John B. Armstrong, Texas Ranger and Pioneer Rancher ""A dogged researcher and rigorous historian, David Johnson sure-handedly brings to light new truths and lays to rest old falsehoods about this misunderstood gunman's life and death."" - Scott Zesch, author of The Captured, winner of the TCU Texas Book Award ""David Johnson has unsnarled the tangled story of John Ringo, which unfortunately for too long has been the victim of myth and misstatement, almost from the moment of Ringo's death. Johnson's attention to detail and accurate documentation finally gives us the real story and the real man."" - Rick Miller, author of Sam Bass & Gang ""An absorbing, skillfully told narrative biography that effectively transports the reader to a rugged and lawless century past."" - Midwest Book Review ""It is a pleasure to report that David Johnson's book is a thoroughly reliable account, based upon solid historical research, and is not infused with Wild West myths."" - Journal of Arizona History