![]() ![]() ![]() The TV series was accurate in this respect. Before coming to Tombstone, he established a reputation as an effective deputy marshal in Dodge City without killing anyone, relying on his ability to intimidate and, if necessary, pistol-whip unruly brigands. Wyatt may have exaggerated his virtue, but he appears to have been just as tough as he claimed. ![]() His elder brother Virgil, however, spent most of his career as a U.S. His primary motivation to become a sheriff or marshal was not to bring law to the community, but rather to become wealthy by keeping his share (usually 10%) of local taxes collected in various jurisdictions. Wyatt spent more time as miner, saloon (and sometime brothel) keeper, and card sharp than he did as a law man. Jeff Guinn provides a family history of the Earps, with an emphasis on Wyatt, its most colorful and longest-lived member.įorget about the long running TV show “Wyatt Earp” and several Hollywood movies. I read this because I heard the author talk about the book at the Tucson Festival of Books, and because Tombstone, Arizona is just down the highway a piece from us – a place where tourists usually want to go. Corral – And How It Changed the American West,” this is the story of what really transpired among Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Doc Holliday, the Clantons, the McLaurys, inter alia. Subtitled “The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. ![]()
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