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"Forget what you saw at the movies–this biography of the legend of the Old West shows that the facts are more interesting than the legend."––The New York Times Book Review
"The most thoughtful, well–researched, and comprehensive account that has been written about the development and career of an Old–West lawman."––The Tombstone Tumbleweed
"The book to end all Earp books––the most complete, and most meticulously researched."––Jack Burrows, author of John Ringo: The Gunfighter Who Never Was
"Quite impressive. I doubt if there has been or will be a more deeply researched and convincing account."––Evan Connell, author of The Sun of the Morning Star
"The most thoughtful, well–researched, and comprehensive account that has been written about the development and career of an Old–West lawman."––The Tombstone Tumbleweed
"The book to end all Earp books––the most complete, and most meticulously researched."––Jack Burrows, author of John Ringo: The Gunfighter Who Never Was
"Quite impressive. I doubt if there has been or will be a more deeply researched and convincing account."––Evan Connell, author of The Sun of the Morning Star
The Tombstone Tumbleweed
"The most thoughtful, well-researched, and comprehensive account that has been written about the development and career of an Old-West lawman."--The Tombstone Tumbleweed
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NICHOLAS PORTER EARP, a widower with one son, married Virginia Cooksey in 1840, and five years later moved the family from Kentucky to Monmouth, Illinois. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
NICHOLAS PORTER EARP, a widower with one son, married Virginia Cooksey in 1840, and five years later moved the family from Kentucky to Monmouth, Illinois. Read the first page
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Casey Tefertiller's biography of Wyatt Earp is a very interesting book written in a somewhat scholarly manner. Tefertiller makes a serious effort to give a full account of Earp's life with a special emphasis on his exploits in Dodge and Tombstone. The picture of Earp that emerges is that of a complex man who is cool in a crisis and has the ability to profit from his mistakes. Earp is portrayed as being dependable and courageous - a cut above the ordinary lawman of the Old West. He is also an oportunist who never quite manages to strike it rich.
Earp's long career included stints as lawman, boxing referee,gambler, saloon manager, Indian fighter, miner, capitalist and horseman.He died in 1929 at age eighty in Los Angeles.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was pleasantly surprised by this book.This is an amazing story,and one that has fascinated me for many years.And reading this has strenghthened my interest even more.A jaw dropping account,of how the Earps struggled against all the odds,to rid Tombstone of the law-breaking Cowboys.
You're actually transported,back to spare land by the side of Fly's Boarding House,when the shots rang out.And when the smoke clears,two of the Earps are injured,and three Cowboys lie dead.A fantastic insight into the lives of the brothers,their friends and enemies.
Reading this book,was a real pleasure.
You're actually transported,back to spare land by the side of Fly's Boarding House,when the shots rang out.And when the smoke clears,two of the Earps are injured,and three Cowboys lie dead.A fantastic insight into the lives of the brothers,their friends and enemies.
Reading this book,was a real pleasure.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Earp is an enigma in American history. In fact, he was not a significant figure in our history at all. However, he has become a towering figure in American popular culture. A very private and soft-spoken man, Earp considered himself a businessman who, upon occasion, fulfilled the duties of a policeman. Tefertiller, the first trained journalist to research Earp's past since Stuart Lake did in the 1920s, captures the Earp enigma and complexity. Tefertiller takes Earp from the frontier towns where Earp was largely in control of his environment to his declining days in Los Angeles where he could control neither journalists nor his wife. This is a real biography based on facts, rising above a field that has been dominated by buffs, romantics and fiction writers disguised as historians. The New York Times called Tefertiller's book one of the significant books of 1997. There are many reasons why. Roger S. Peterson, Rocklin, California.
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I have nearly finished reading this book, and I have to say it's superb.
Very factual and informative, and for me fills in all the blanks left by the film... Read more
Very factual and informative, and for me fills in all the blanks left by the film... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Tony Roberts
More interesting than the movies!
A superb tale of the controversial life of an American giant. True to the reviews I had read, there will never be another book so thoroughly researched on the life of Wyatt Berry... Read more
Published on 31 Oct 2009 by Mr. D. J. Dorward
Forget The Movies.....Read The Book
Having just finished 'Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend ' I have to say that this is ,in my mind, the definitive biography of Wyatt Earp. Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2009 by Jimmy Ringo
And long may his story be told...
A few years ago we called in Tombstone while touring in the South West. Walked about a bit, had lunch, avoided the `re-enactments', and never got round to visiting the Okay Corral. Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2009 by Stephen McBride
Brilliant piece of work.
This is an outstanding book on so many different levels. So good that I bought it after I read a library copy! Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2009 by Bookworm
Wyatt Earp, Ambiguous Hero
Those of us who grew up during the 1950's and 60's knew Wyatt Earp through TV Westerns and old movies, all made in an era that didn't tolerate much ambiguity between right and... Read more
Published on 3 Sep 1999
It's a good un!
Best yet on Wyatt Earp. And the best part is that not one word of it came from Glenn Boyer.
Published on 27 May 1999
Wyatt's bio
"The Life and Times of Wyatt Earp" When I purchased this book two years ago I was not sure that I really wanted to read another Earp book. Read more
Published on 16 May 1999
Excellant
I started with Stuart Lake and finished with Tefertiller and this is the best piece of work (THE LIFE BEHIND THE LEGEND) i have read yet. pepper
Published on 4 Mar 1999
The most accurate, unbiased book on Wyatt ever written.
Mr. Tefertiller has done an outstanding job of research and uncovered long forgotten newspaper articles giving an unbiased account of life in Tombstone and the events surrounding... Read more
Published on 4 Dec 1998
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