Bibliograph

The last gunfight, the real story of the shootout at the O.K. Corral--and how it changed the American West, Jeff Guinn

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The last gunfight, the real story of the shootout at the O.K. Corral--and how it changed the American West, Jeff Guinn

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 665-684)

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The last gunfight

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

721891002

Responsibility statement

Jeff Guinn

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction

Sub title

the real story of the shootout at the O.K. Corral--and how it changed the American West

Summary

On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, in a vacant lot in Tombstone, Arizona, a confrontation among eight armed men erupted in a deadly shootout. The gunfight at the O.K. Corral shaped how future generations came to view the old West. Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the Clantons became the stuff of legends, symbolic of a West populated by good guys in white hats and bad guys in black ones. It's colorful stuff - but the truth is even better

Table Of 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 -- Legends

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