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Lee A. Silva

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Description:FUELED BY STUART N. LAKE'S WATERSHED 1931 biography titled Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal, by the 1950s TV series titled The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, and by dozens of movies and other books about Wyatt Earp, the Wyatt Earp legend is unique in that it has continued to mushroom into bigger and bigger mythology and international public interest while most other Old West legends have faded into the past.This book is the result of fourteen years of research and is the first of four volumes on the continuing controversies that surround the life and legend of Wyatt Earp. Rather than write a traditional biography, the author has chosen to include all of the controversies within the text, using direct quotes extensively in order to offer an in-depth analysis of the chasm between myth and reality, and between pro-Earp and anti-Earp sentiments. He has also included a short biography of Wyatt's deadly gunfighter friend "Doc" Holliday. The book includes over four hundred photos, so the past can vicariously be "seen" as well as read about. As such, this book is intended to be a source for amateur historians and professional historians alike.In order to explain the "whys?" as well as the "whats?," the author has also included a history of the unique and short-lived post-Civil War era of the legendary cattle drives from Texas to Dodge City and other Kansas cowtowns, which also becomes a history of the evolution of the gunfighter form the reality of the 1860s to the myths of the 1950s Hollywood stereotypes.He has also included an in-depth look at the controversies that surround the story of the fabled "Buntline Special" Colt revolver, the "foot-long-barreled" six-gun that Dime Novel writer Ned Buntline is alleged to have presented to Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Bill Tilghman, Charlie Bassett, and Neil Brown.In our modern contemporary lexicon, phrases like "get out of Dodge," the reference to a dramatic showdown as "an O.K. Corral shootout," and referring to any fictional or real-life supercop as "a Wyatt Earp" have become commonplace.This is where it all started.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Wyatt Earp: A Biography of the Legend : The Cowtown Years. To get started finding Wyatt Earp: A Biography of the Legend : The Cowtown Years, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: FUELED BY STUART N. LAKE'S WATERSHED 1931 biography titled Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal, by the 1950s TV series titled The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, and by dozens of movies and other books about Wyatt Earp, the Wyatt Earp legend is unique in that it has continued to mushroom into bigger and bigger mythology and international public interest while most other Old West legends have faded into the past.This book is the result of fourteen years of research and is the first of four volumes on the continuing controversies that surround the life and legend of Wyatt Earp. Rather than write a traditional biography, the author has chosen to include all of the controversies within the text, using direct quotes extensively in order to offer an in-depth analysis of the chasm between myth and reality, and between pro-Earp and anti-Earp sentiments. He has also included a short biography of Wyatt's deadly gunfighter friend "Doc" Holliday. The book includes over four hundred photos, so the past can vicariously be "seen" as well as read about. As such, this book is intended to be a source for amateur historians and professional historians alike.In order to explain the "whys?" as well as the "whats?," the author has also included a history of the unique and short-lived post-Civil War era of the legendary cattle drives from Texas to Dodge City and other Kansas cowtowns, which also becomes a history of the evolution of the gunfighter form the reality of the 1860s to the myths of the 1950s Hollywood stereotypes.He has also included an in-depth look at the controversies that surround the story of the fabled "Buntline Special" Colt revolver, the "foot-long-barreled" six-gun that Dime Novel writer Ned Buntline is alleged to have presented to Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Bill Tilghman, Charlie Bassett, and Neil Brown.In our modern contemporary lexicon, phrases like "get out of Dodge," the reference to a dramatic showdown as "an O.K. Corral shootout," and referring to any fictional or real-life supercop as "a Wyatt Earp" have become commonplace.This is where it all started.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Wyatt Earp: A Biography of the Legend : The Cowtown Years. To get started finding Wyatt Earp: A Biography of the Legend : The Cowtown Years, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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