Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell by T

Description: Tombstone by Tom Clavin 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description THE INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Tombstone is written in a distinctly American voice." --T.J. Stiles, The New York Times "With a former newsmans nose for the truth, Clavin has sifted the facts, myths, and lies to produce what might be as accurate an account as we will ever get of the old Wests most famous feud." --Associated Press 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, eight 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 frontiers last boom town. Author Biography TOM CLAVIN is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and has worked as a newspaper and web site editor, magazine writer, TV and radio commentator, and a reporter for The New York Times. He has received awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, and National Newspaper Association. His books include The Heart of Everything That Is, Halseys Typhoon, and Reckless. He lives in Sag Harbor, NY. Table of Contents Authors Note Prologue Act I: The Territory 1. "Men of Restless Blood" 2. "Sunlight Into Our Hearts" 3. "Ill Get Every Son of a Bitch" 4. "The Only Stone Youll Ever Find" Act II: The Brothers 5. "Desperate Characters" 6. "Three Peas in a Pod" 7. "Nobody Much Like Him" 8. "A City Upon a Hill" 9. "You Will Have to Fight Anyway" 10. "And Incredible Beauty" Act III: The Cowboys 11. "Give Up That Pistol" 12. "Very Lively Town" 13. "Strike Up a Tune" 14. "Dead When He Hit the Ground" 15. "I Hold for Nobody!" 16. "The Fury of the Flames" 17. "Revenge Seems the Order of the Day" Act IV: The Gunfight 18. "Rather Die Fighting" 19. "Geronimo Is Coming!" 20. "Kill Us or Be Killed" 21. "Right Here, Right Now" 22. "The Fights Commenced" 23. "It Had Come at Last" Act V: The Vendetta 24. "It Was a Fight for Life" 25. "A Smoldering Fire" 26. "Im Your Huckleberry" 27. "A Bad Character Sent to Hell" 28. "A Bloody, Wretched Business" 29. "Armed to the Teeth" Epilogue Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography Review "Clavins out to dispel the myths...[interjecting] some wry commentary into his breezy narrative style...Its all through fascinating lore. And would you believe that the gunfight at the OK Corral didnt even take place at the OK Corral?" --NPR"With a former newsmans nose for the truth, Clavin has sifted the facts, myths, and lies to produce what might be as accurate an account as we will ever get of the old Wests most famous feud." --Associated Press "Clavin shows that there is more to the story of Tombstone than the Earps and the well-known gunfight. Readers who enjoyed the first two books in this popular history trilogy will look forward to this excellent and fitting conclusion." --Library Journal "Rootin-tootin history....Updating the old notion that the Earp myth is the American Iliad, the author is at his best when he delineates those fraught spasms of violence. Buffs of the Old West will enjoy Clavins careful research and vivid writing." --Kirkus Reviews "Clavin briskly sketches dozens of historical figures and gamely interrogates primary and secondary sources to separate fact from fiction. This animated account entertains." --Publishers Weekly"In "Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell," [Clavin] does a yeomans job of combining original research with a knack for page-turning narrative that gives readers an exciting tour of the celebrated gunfight at the O.K. Corral." --Christian Science Monitor"Commemorated in hundreds of books, songs, movies and television shows, the gunfight [at the OK Corral] has often been portrayed as the consummate battle between order and chaos, virtue and vice. But as Clavin reminds us in [his] recent book on the infamous clash, the men behind the badges were hardly exemplars of righteousness. Trot[s] along at a brisk pace." --Wall Street Journal "Clavin...is steadfast in researching and describing the imperfections as well as the virtues of Earps character and pursues the most likely version of the event with the doggedness of Earps vengeance posse." --Lincoln Journal Star "Tombstone is written in a distinctly American voice." --T.J. Stiles, The New York Times Review Quote "With a former newsmans nose for the truth, Clavin has sifted the facts, myths, and lies to produce what might be as accurate an account as we will ever get of the old Wests most famous feud." -- Associated Press "Clavin shows that there is more to the story of Tombstone than the Earps and the well-known gunfight. Readers who enjoyed the first two books in this popular history trilogy will look forward to this excellent and fitting conclusion." -- Library Journal "Rootin-tootin history....Updating the old notion that the Earp myth is the American Iliad, the author is at his best when he delineates those fraught spasms of violence. Buffs of the Old West will enjoy Clavins careful research and vivid writing." -- Kirkus Reviews "Clavin briskly sketches dozens of historical figures and gamely interrogates primary and secondary sources to separate fact from fiction. This animated account entertains." -- Publishers Weekly "In "Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell," [Clavin] does a yeomans job of combining original research with a knack for page-turning narrative that gives readers an exciting tour of the celebrated gunfight at the O.K. Corral." -- Christian Science Monitor "Commemorated in hundreds of books, songs, movies and television shows, the gunfight [at the OK Corral] has often been portrayed as the consummate battle between order and chaos, virtue and vice. But as Clavin reminds us in [his] recent book on the infamous clash, the men behind the badges were hardly exemplars of righteousness. Trot[s] along at a brisk pace." -- Wall Street Journal "Clavin...is steadfast in researching and describing the imperfections as well as the virtues of Earps character and pursues the most likely version of the event with the doggedness of Earps vengeance posse." -- Lincoln Journal Star Details ISBN1250214602 Author Tom Clavin Short Title Tombstone Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1250214602 ISBN-13 9781250214607 Format Paperback Publication Date 2021-01-05 Subtitle The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell Pages 416 Publisher St. Martins Griffin Imprint St. Martins Griffin Series Frontier Lawmen DEWEY B Audience General UK Release Date 2021-01-05 Illustrations Illustrations, unspecified We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137288820;

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