{"product_id":"9781574417739-wyatt-earp-anthology","title":"A Wyatt Earp Anthology","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong May His Story Be Told\u003cbr\u003eProvides an authoritative account of Wyatt Earp’s life, successes, and failures. The editors have curated an anthology of the very best work on Earp - more than sixty articles and excerpts from books - from a wide array of authors, selecting only the best written and factually documented pieces.\u003cbr\u003eWyatt Earp is one of the most legendary figures of the nineteenth-century American West, notable for his role in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. He was a product of his time, often walking both sides of the street, sometimes on the side of law and order and sometimes as the law-breaker. Some see him as the \"Lion of Tombstone,\" a hero lawman of the Wild West, whereas others see him as yet another outlaw, a pimp, and failed lawman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Roy B. Young, Gary L. Roberts, and Casey Tefertiller, all notable experts on Earp and the Wild West, present in \u003ci\u003eA Wyatt Earp Anthology \u003c\/i\u003ean authoritative account of his life, successes, and failures. The editors have curated an anthology of the very best work on Earp-more than sixty articles and excerpts from books-from a wide array of authors, selecting only the best written and factually documented pieces and omitting those full of suppositions or false material. Nearly all of the selections come from the last twenty years, when a more critical eye was turned to sources of Earp history. Many articles derive from the five stellar western publications dedicated to preserving the history of the American West: \u003ci\u003eTrue West, Wild West\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWOLA Journal, NOLA Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eJournal of the Wild West History Association\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Earp's life is presented in chronological fashion, from his early years to Dodge City, Kansas; triumph and tragedy in Tombstone; and his later years throughout the West. Important figures in Earp's life, such as Bat Masterson, the Clantons, the McLaurys, Doc Holliday, and John Ringo, are also covered. Wyatt Earp's image in film and the myths surrounding his life, as well as controversies over interpretations and presentations of his life by various writers, also receive their due. Finally, an extensive epilogue by Gary L. Roberts explores Earp and frontier violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Readers of the Old West will appreciate this well-balanced, comprehensive account of the life, legend, and legacy of the incomparable Wyatt Earp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55110071812470,"sku":"9781574417739","price":45.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_34587135.jpg?v=1750941529","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781574417739-wyatt-earp-anthology","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}