Wyatt Earp Speaks

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What if everything you thought you knew about Wyatt Earp was wrong? This groundbreaking collection separates the facts from the myth by presenting the lawman's story through his own words. Legendary lawman Wyatt Earp entered Wild West history with his guns blazing and people have been fighting about him ever since. This has resulted in a blizzard of misinformation so that the truth is now deeply buried under a pile of distortions, faulty inferences, embellishments, and outright lies. Many books and movies have presents distorted views of these events. As a result, almost everything people know about Wyatt Earp and the O.K. Corral Gunfight is wrong. For the first time ever, Wyatt's dramatic court testimony and candid newspaper interviews, are brought together in this collection to reveal his own dramatic account, along with a detailed explanation of what really happened. In addition, there are several interviews with Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson's tributes to Wyatt and Doc, and a shot-by-shot reconstruction of the legendary gunfight. Discover what Wyatt and Doc had to say about the events that made them famous. Wyatt also tells of his other experiences as a frontier lawman in Tombstone and Dodge City, as a stagecoach guard fending off murderous bandits, and what life was like in the lawless wilds of the untamed frontier. Lavishly illustrated with maps, drawings, and photographs, this book is an epic journey into the heart of the real Wild West.  "One day six of the cowboys came into town and proposed to run it. The Earps were informed of their doings and they invited me to go over to where the cowboys were. One of the Earps said, 'Throw up your hands; we have come to disarm you.' Instead of putting up their paws they put up their revolvers and began firing."    Doc Holliday   "Bullets were flying so fast that I could not keep track of them. Frank McLaury had given a yell when I shot him and made for the street with his hand over his stomach."    Wyatt Earp   The cowboys said it was murder. The Earps said they fired in self-defense. Discover the details and decide what you think it was.  

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Wyatt Earp remains one of the most famous figures of America's Wild West. As a lawman, Wyatt gained the status of a frontier legend primarily through his role in the Gunfight Near the O.K. Corral and his subsequent vendetta against the outlaws who assassinated one of his brothers and wounded another. This book is a collection of his writings, court testimony and newspaper interviews. It also contains selections on Wyatt and Doc Holliday written by legendary lawman Bat Masterson and Big Nose Kate, along with several interviews with noted gunfighter Doc Holliday. John Richard Stephens is the author/editor of 25 books, including Mark Twain's Hawaii, Wyatt Earp Speaks, Commanding the Storm, Life Along the Shore, and Life Under the Sea. John's books have been reprinted as selections of the Preferred Choice Book Club, the Quality Paperback Book Club, the Book of the Month Club, and the Civil War Trust. His work has been published as far away as India and Singapore and has been translated into Japanese and Finnish.

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