Anniversary of the Gun Fight at the O.K. Corral

October 26th is the anniversary of the gun fight At the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.

At 2:30 pm on October 26, 1881 Wyatt Earp with the help of his 2 brothers and Doc Holiday faced Billy Clanton and the McLowery brothers in a Gun Fight at the O.K. Corral.

Inventing Wyatt Earp: His Life and Many Legends By Barra, Allen 2009-01 - Bison Books 0803220588 Check Our Catalog In a violent thirty seconds, in a gunfight near the O.K. Corral, Wyatt Earp became a legend. The author illuminates fully the man who strode into our national imagination, as well as the myths that have continually reinvented him in history, film, and fiction. …More

Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend By Tefertiller, Casey 1999-03 - John Wiley & Sons 0471283622 Check Our Catalog Based on recently discovered material, including newspapers believed to have been lost as well as personal accounts from Earp's friends, enemies, and acquaintances, this definitive biography paints a superbly balanced portrait of the man who helped shape the modern view of the Old West. A rich panorama of nineteenth-century American culture and politics, Wyatt Earp brings a fresh perspective to the life of a common man of uncommon courage, whose ultimate wish was to live a quiet life. From the Kansas plains to Tombstone, from Nome to San Francisco, here is the complete, unvarnished story of Wyatt Earp as it has never before been told, with a cast of characters whose names ring with the very spirit of the Old West: Ike Clanton, Curley Bill, and John Ringo among them. …More

Murder in Tombstone: The Forgotten Trial of Wyatt Earp By Lubet, Steven 2006-03 - Yale University Press 030011527X Check Our Catalog The gunfight at the OK Corral is legendary--but what happened once the shooting ended? This book tells the nearly unknown story of the prosecution of Wyatt Earp, his brothers, and Doc Holliday following the gunfight and shows how a talented defense attorney saved them from the gallows. "[One of the] gems in the vast . . . literature on Wyatt Earp. . . . Lubet's study of the complicated legal aftermath of the OK Corral manages to be stylish and . . . elegant, a virtue not often found in outlaw studies."--Larry McMurtry, "New York"" Review of Books" "This is the first book to examine in depth these legal proceedings, and no one could have done a better job. Lubet explains, in a clear and interesting way, how Arizona territorial law worked in the 1880s."--Michael F. Blake, "Chicago"" Tribune" …More