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Tombstone : the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the vendetta ride from hell, Tom Clavin

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"The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the OK Corral, by the New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City and Wild Bill. On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, nine men clashed in what would be known as the most famous shootout in American frontier history. Thirty bullets were exchanged in thirty seconds, killing three men and wounding three others. The fight sprang forth from a tense, hot summer. Cattle rustlers had been terrorizing the back country of Mexico and selling the livestock they stole to corrupt ranchers. The Mexican government built forts along the border to try to thwart American outlaws, while Arizona citizens became increasingly agitated. Rustlers, who became known as the cow-boys, began to kill each other as well as innocent citizens. That October, tensions boiled over with Ike and Billy Clanton, Tom and Frank McLaury, and Billy Claiborne confronting the Tombstone marshal, Virgil Earp, and the suddenly deputized Wyatt and Morgan Earp and shotgun-toting Doc Holliday. Bestselling author Tom Clavin peers behind decades of legend surrounding the story of Tombstone to reveal the true story of the drama and violence that made it famous. Tombstone also digs deep into the vendetta ride that followed the tragic gunfight, when Wyatt and Warren Earp and Holliday went vigilante to track down the likes of Johnny Ringo, Curly Bill Brocius, and other cowboys who had cowardly gunned down his brothers. That "vendetta ride" would make the myth of Wyatt Earp complete and punctuate the struggle for power in the American frontier's last boom town"--
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiii, 386 pages
Note
Maps on endpapers
Isbn
9781250214584
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Label
Tombstone : the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the vendetta ride from hell
Title
Tombstone
Title remainder
the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the vendetta ride from hell
Statement of responsibility
Tom Clavin
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the OK Corral, by the New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City and Wild Bill. On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, nine men clashed in what would be known as the most famous shootout in American frontier history. Thirty bullets were exchanged in thirty seconds, killing three men and wounding three others. The fight sprang forth from a tense, hot summer. Cattle rustlers had been terrorizing the back country of Mexico and selling the livestock they stole to corrupt ranchers. The Mexican government built forts along the border to try to thwart American outlaws, while Arizona citizens became increasingly agitated. Rustlers, who became known as the cow-boys, began to kill each other as well as innocent citizens. That October, tensions boiled over with Ike and Billy Clanton, Tom and Frank McLaury, and Billy Claiborne confronting the Tombstone marshal, Virgil Earp, and the suddenly deputized Wyatt and Morgan Earp and shotgun-toting Doc Holliday. Bestselling author Tom Clavin peers behind decades of legend surrounding the story of Tombstone to reveal the true story of the drama and violence that made it famous. Tombstone also digs deep into the vendetta ride that followed the tragic gunfight, when Wyatt and Warren Earp and Holliday went vigilante to track down the likes of Johnny Ringo, Curly Bill Brocius, and other cowboys who had cowardly gunned down his brothers. That "vendetta ride" would make the myth of Wyatt Earp complete and punctuate the struggle for power in the American frontier's last boom town"--
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contains biographical information
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Clavin, Thomas
Dewey number
978/.020922
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
no index present
LC call number
F819.T6
LC item number
C49 2020
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Earp, Wyatt
  • Earp, Morgan
  • Holliday, John Henry
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Outlaws
  • Vendetta
  • Violence
  • Tombstone (Ariz.)
Label
Tombstone : the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the vendetta ride from hell, Tom Clavin
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Maps on endpapers
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocm02017585
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiii, 386 pages
Immediate source of acquisition
LSC
Isbn
9781250214584
Lccn
2019035020
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations, colour maps
System control number
3681830
Label
Tombstone : the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the vendetta ride from hell, Tom Clavin
Publication
Note
Maps on endpapers
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocm02017585
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiii, 386 pages
Immediate source of acquisition
LSC
Isbn
9781250214584
Lccn
2019035020
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations, colour maps
System control number
3681830

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