Murder in Tombstone: The Forgotten Trial of Wyatt Earp (The Lamar Series in Western History)23 reviews Steven Lubet Yale University Press, 2004 6 stars--This is a work of a scholar, and it is a masterpiece + Great Look at Trial Strategy + A realistic disclosure + OK Corral to Judge Spicer's Court + Reality in the West & Justice Served             Telegraph Days: A Novel62 reviews Larry McMurtry Pocket Star, 2007 Pure Entertainment! + Living the passing of the Old West If you want an accurate historical account of the west than this is probably not the book for you. However, if you desire a decidedly fictional account of the events of the west and a wonderful heroine, Nellie Courtwright, then you should find Telegraph Days a joy to read. Pure entertainment! ...             The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford15 reviews Ron Hansen Harper Perennial, 1997 Excellent Book A MUST HAVE + This book has A LOT in common with the film + Those who live by the sword........ This book is Great. A Must Read in my Oppion. Two Thumbs WAY Up             Masterson12 reviews Richard S. Wheeler Forge Books, 2000 Old Valentines Are Best + Fact or Fiction? "Masterson" is a sweet valentine of a book, not at all a conventional Western, though it starts out with that tone. "Well, hell, I guess it all started this way," says Masterson who is the speaker right to the end. The old man, plagued by diabetes and a love of alcohol, is about to be greatly ...             Inventing Wyatt Earp: His Life and Many Legends53 reviews Allen Barra Castle Books, 2005 Highly Readable and Entertaining Account of Wyatt Earp + Very Good Indeed + CONFUSING REVIEW WHERE I EXPECTED ENLIGHTENMENT + Christmas Gift For Grandpa             The Death of Warren Baxter Earp : A Closer Look8 reviews Michael M. Hickey Talei Publishers, 2000 One of the very good books on this subject + Another Trail of Vengeance for Wyatt Earp There have been numerous books published about Wyatt Earp and his brothers, "The Fighting Earps", over the years. A few of them are very good. Most of them are very bad; being either a repitition of the well-known facts or a distortion of them to present Earp in a particular way. Michael M. ...             Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend54 reviews Casey Tefertiller Wiley, 1999 Wyatt had Warts! + A Terrific Read + THE Great Earp Biography + good book + Wyatt Earp             Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal15 reviews Stuart Lake Pocket, 1994 Great historical account + Brave, Courageous and Bold! + Essentially an Autobiography + Legend of the Old West             The Last Gamble of Doc Holliday L. T. Brooks Pentland Press (NC), 2004 Doc Holliday is a legendary figure embedded into the psyche of American history. He has been resurrected in countless books, movies, plays and documentaries about the Old West. His name comes to mind as easily as his dime-novel counterparts like Billy the Kid, Jesse James and of course, Wyatt Earp. He has grown in stature and status until it is almost impossible to tell the man from the myth ...             Calamity Jane: The Woman And The Legend7 reviews James D. Mclaird University of Oklahoma Press, 2005 Packed with depth and detail on known facts and you won't find a better coverage elsewhere + Self-Made Calamity + The Most Thorough, Reliable Information on Calamity Jane + Worth Reading             Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride32 reviews Michael Wallis W. W. Norton, 2007 Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride + Billy the Kid and his times This book presents the most detailed record of the Kid's background-family origins, early life, locales, and influences on his behavior that I have ever read. Michael Wallis is a master at presenting "the whole story" plus the many photos of the characters in the Lincoln County War, from the ...             Sam Peckinpah's Legendary Westerns Collection (The Wild Bunch / Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid / Ride the High ...17 reviews Warner Home Video, 2006 If you love westerns, get this cd + A Study in Contrasts + superb set of Sam Peckinpah westerns Wonderful westerns. Memorable movies. And, four for the price of $31 you cant beat. I am not going to review each movie, they are all good, Wild Bunch and Patt Garrett and Billy the Kid are my favorites.             Gunman's Rhapsody64 reviews Robert B. Parker Berkley, 2002 An example of the best historical fiction, it could have happened this way + Good western In this story, the creator of the tough private detective Spenser and his sidekick Hawk develops a tale of the old west that is an example of historical fiction. Parker uses the backdrop of Tombstone, Arizona involving the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday and the members of the Clanton gang. This is an ...             Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend38 reviews Gary L. Roberts Wiley, 2007 History, Not Drama + Doc Holliday + Doc Holliday's Life and Times + An amazing portrait + This latest is a good addition to your Doc Holliday library             Story of Cole Younger: By Himself (Borealis Books)8 reviews Cole Younger Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2000 Good First Hand Account + MISSOURI OUTLAWS + interesting read + Straight from the horse's mouth             Last of the Old-Time Outlaws: The George West Musgrave Story4 reviews Karen Holliday Tanner, Jr. Tanner John D., ... University of Oklahoma Press, 2002 An absorbing biography + Clan curiousity + A Classic Tale Of Old Texas The collaboration of biographer Karen Holliday Tanner and western history expert John D. Tanner, Jr. (Professor of History, Palomar College, San Marcos, California), Last Of The Old-Time Outlaws: The George West Musgrave Story is the informed and informative account of the notorious bandit, robber, ...             Doc Holliday's Gone2 reviews Jane Candia Coleman Leisure Books, 2002 HISTORICAL NOVEL BEATS MOST NONFICTION ON THIS SUBJECT This story, is more creative/nonfiction than historical novel in view of the weatlth of primary sources on both subjects of this two novella book: Big Nose Kate Elder and Viola Slaughter, wife of famous sheriff John Slaughter. Author Coleman, has also written the historical novel on Big Nose Kate, ...             The Shooters10 reviews Leon Claire Metz Berkley Trade, 1996 Is that really what happened? + Shooters + True Tales of the Old West + Varied and thorough             Legends and Tales of the American West (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)1 review Richard Erdoes Pantheon, 1998 a strong, entertaining collection Our old buddy Richard Erdoes has done a magnificent job of researching and weaving together an impressive body of frontier lore. I was astonished to learn that such considerable corpora of tales had been whipped up around such personalities as Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, etc.--characters of whom I had ...             Doc Holliday's Road to Tombstone: The Life and Times of John Henry Holliday10 reviews Tom Barnes Xlibris Corporation, 2008 Can't put it down once you start! Excellent writing by a champion + I enjoyed it and recommend it, but + Doc Holliday's Road to Tombstone + Doc Holliday Book--A great read! + Well researched and entrancing tale.