What if everything you thought you knew about Wyatt Earp was wrong? This groundbreaking collection separates the facts from the myth by presenting the lawman's story through his own words.
Legendary lawman Wyatt Earp entered Wild West history with his guns blazing and people have been fighting about him ever since. This has resulted in a blizzard of misinformation so that the truth is now deeply buried under a pile of distortions, faulty inferences, embellishments, and outright lies. Many books and movies have presents distorted views of these events. As a result, almost everything people know about Wyatt Earp and the O.K. Corral Gunfight is wrong.
For the first time ever, Wyatt's dramatic court testimony and candid newspaper interviews, are brought together in this collection to reveal his own dramatic account, along with a detailed explanation of what really happened. In addition, there are several interviews with Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson's tributes to Wyatt and Doc, and a shot-by-shot reconstruction of the legendary gunfight.
Discover what Wyatt and Doc had to say about the events that made them famous. Wyatt also tells of his other experiences as a frontier lawman in Tombstone and Dodge City, as a stagecoach guard fending off murderous bandits, and what life was like in the lawless wilds of the untamed frontier. Lavishly illustrated with maps, drawings, and photographs, this book is an epic journey into the heart of the real Wild West.
"One day six of the cowboys came into town and proposed to run it. The Earps were informed of their doings and they invited me to go over to where the cowboys were. One of the Earps said, 'Throw up your hands; we have come to disarm you.' Instead of putting up their paws they put up their revolvers and began firing."
-- Doc Holliday
"Bullets were flying so fast that I could not keep track of them. Frank McLaury had given a yell when I shot him and made for the street with his hand over his stomach."
-- Wyatt Earp
The cowboys said it was murder. The Earps said they fired in self-defense. Discover the details and decide what you think it was.
