The last gunfight : the real story of the shootout at the O.K. Corral and how it changed the American west /
Guinn, Jeff.
The last gunfight : the real story of the shootout at the O.K. Corral and how it changed the American west / by Jeff Guinn. - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. - New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2011. - 392 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-374) and index.
The West -- The Earps -- Tombstone -- The Earps arrive -- The coming of the cowboys -- Doc, Johnny, and Josephine -- It begins -- Cochise County sheriff -- The Benson stage robbery -- Plans go awry -- Escalation -- The night before -- The gunfight -- The inquest and the hearing -- "Blood will surely come" -- The vendetta ride -- Legend.
A revisionist history of the Old West battle challenges popular depictions of such figures as the Earps and Doc Holliday, tracing the influence of a love triangle, renegade Apaches, and the citizens of Tombstone.
1439154244 (hardcover) 9781439154243 (hardcover) : $27.00
2011010776
Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona--Tombstone.
Outlaws--History--Arizona--Tombstone--19th century.
Violence--History--Arizona--Tombstone--19th century.
Tombstone (Ariz.)--History--19th century.
The last gunfight : the real story of the shootout at the O.K. Corral and how it changed the American west / by Jeff Guinn. - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. - New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2011. - 392 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-374) and index.
The West -- The Earps -- Tombstone -- The Earps arrive -- The coming of the cowboys -- Doc, Johnny, and Josephine -- It begins -- Cochise County sheriff -- The Benson stage robbery -- Plans go awry -- Escalation -- The night before -- The gunfight -- The inquest and the hearing -- "Blood will surely come" -- The vendetta ride -- Legend.
A revisionist history of the Old West battle challenges popular depictions of such figures as the Earps and Doc Holliday, tracing the influence of a love triangle, renegade Apaches, and the citizens of Tombstone.
1439154244 (hardcover) 9781439154243 (hardcover) : $27.00
2011010776
Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona--Tombstone.
Outlaws--History--Arizona--Tombstone--19th century.
Violence--History--Arizona--Tombstone--19th century.
Tombstone (Ariz.)--History--19th century.