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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster , 2011.Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edDescription: 392 p. [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781439154243
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 979 GUI
LOC classification:
  • F819.T6 G85 2011
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.
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Libro - Monografía Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. 979 GUI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 053016

Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-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.

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