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
2011010776
Outlaws----History----Arizona----Tombstone----19th century Frontier and pioneer life---Arizona