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Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Gallop through history with the bullets and badges that attempted to bring order to the Wild West. See how men like Daniel Boone, Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday became frontier legends in their quest to keep the peace and stay alive. Witness some of the most infamous events in American history through authentic re-enactments, historical accounts and archived photos. This unique six part documentary series examines the personalities, weapons, tactics...
5) Wyatt Earp
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Readers will find out about the extraordinary life of Wyatt Earp, a well-known lawman of the Wild West. Includes further reading suggestions and internet addresses"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The little-known story of how a young Wyatt Earp, aided by his brothers, defeated the Cowboys, the Old West's biggest outlaw gang. Wyatt Earp is regarded as the most famous lawman of the Old West, best known for his role in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. But the story of his two-year war with a band of outlaws known as the Cowboys has never been told in full. The Cowboys were the largest outlaw gang in the history of the American...
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Tells the history of the American West and its legendary characters. Some were honorable, others notorious. Included are: Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, Frank and Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Sitting Bull, Annie Oakley, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Calamity Jane, John Wesley Hardin, Bat Masterson, Isaac Parker (the hanging judge), Wild Bill Hickok, Wovoka, Chief Joseph, Belle Starr, Bill Pickett, Buffalo Bill, and the buffalo...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2004
Language
English
Description
They say history is written by the winners, but it has a way of changing when the smoke clears. That's why the story of the O.K. Corral comes out differently depending on your point of view. Was the most famous gunfight in history America's finest hour of law enforcement, a bungled misdemeanor arrest, or was it cold-blooded murder hiding behind the authority of a badge? The answer could change history.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded with the coming of the railroad, cattle drives, eager miners, settlers, and various entrepreneurs passing through to populate the expanding West. Before long, Dodge City's streets were lined with saloons and brothels and its populace was thick with gunmen, horse thieves, and desperadoes of every sort. By the 1870s, Dodge City was known as the most violent...
Pub. Date
[2011], c1996
Language
English
Description
Whether Wyatt Earp and his five brothers were law breaking badge holders or tamers of wild boomtowns of the West, this family left behind more than blood at the OK Corral. Follow their controversial trail from their Midwestern roots during the Civil War to Kansas cow towns like Dodge City, to the mining towns of Leadville and Tombstone, to the golden land of California at the turn of the century. The story of the Wild West is not complete without...
12) Doc: a novel
Author
Series
Doc novels (Mary Doria Russell) volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Born to the life of a Southern gentleman, Dr. John Henry Holliday arrives on the Texas frontier hoping that the dry air and sunshine of the West will restore him to health. Soon, with few job prospects, Doc Holliday is gambling professionally with his partner, Mária Katarina Harony, a high-strung, classically educated Hungarian whore. In search of high-stakes poker, the couple hits the saloons of Dodge City. And that is where...
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