Guinn, Jeff

The last gunfight : the real story of the shootout at the O.K. Corral and how it changed the American west / Jeff Guinn - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed - New York : Simon & Schuster , 2011. - 392 p. [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

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.

9781439154243

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Outlaws----History----Arizona----Tombstone----19th century
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