James McIntire was a gunfighter and Texas Ranger in the old west of the United States.
This followed an experience in which McIntire reports having died and gone to Heaven where he had a long conversation with Christ, was given a drink of water before he was returned to his body for several years.
McIntire used this last part of his life to write his story which recounts his various careers as a Ranger, a buffalo hunter, an Indian fighter, a cowboy, a sheepherder, a saloon keeper, a deputy sheriff, and a wanted outlaw.
The most infamous story about McIntire was from his time as a deputy sheriff in Mobeetie, Texas.
According to his book, Wyatt Earp and Mysterious Dave Mather had come to town with phony gold bricks which they were selling to the naive citizens.