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Author:

Guinn, Jeff.

Title:

The last gunfight : the real story of the shootout at the O.K. Corral and how it changed the American west / Jeff Guinn.

Edition:

1st Simon & Schuster pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster Paperbacks,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

392 p. [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Violence--Tombstone--Tombstone--History--19th century.
Outlaws--Tombstone--Tombstone--History--19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life--Tombstone.--Tombstone.
Tombstone (Ariz.)--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-374) and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

9781439154250 (pbk.)
1439154252 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)759159793

Locations:

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

DTPD413 -- Garner Public Library (Garner)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

DUPB413 -- Kanawha Public Library (Kanawha)

SEPC074 -- Hawkins Memorial Library (La Porte City)

ASPB046 -- Moravia Public Library (Moravia)

PEPC626 -- Stilwell Public Library (New Sharon)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)