The last gunfight : the real story of the shootout at the O.K. Corral and how it changed the American west
(2011)
By:
Guinn, Jeff
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
979.153/GUINN,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2011
EDITION
First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition
DESCRIPTION
392 pages : maps ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781439154243 (hbk.), 1439154244 (hbk.)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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