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Wild West Ben T. Traywick |
The Real Doc Holliday Southerner John Henry -- better known as Doc Holliday -- became a dentist, went West for his health and was soon transformed into a legendary killer. But just how deadly was he? |
Wild West April 2007 Peter Brand |
Wyatt Earp's Vendetta Posse The blood of his brothers Virgil and Morgan was on Cowboys' hands, and the time had come for Wyatt Earp, with a little help from his gun-toting friends, to gallop around the legal system in search of raw justice in Arizona Territory. |
Salon.com October 15, 2002 Allen Barra |
"Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War" by T.J. Stiles The latest and best-ever biography of Jesse James tears down the myth to reveal not a latter-day Robin Hood, but a greedy, press-savvy bandit. |
Wild West Paul & Carlisle |
Gunfighters and Lawmen: Virgil Earp The brother of Wyatt enforced the law before and after his famous stint as Tombstone's marshal. By 1890, his lawmen days were almost over, but not so his adventures. |
Wild West Roger Jay |
The Gamblers' War in Tombstone Before the bloody feud with the Cowboys reached a head, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and other 'Easterners' had to deal with the 'Slopers,' sporting men who had operated on the Pacific Coast. |
Wild West Donald L. Gilmore |
When the James Gang Ruled the Rails After robbing banks for more than seven years, Jesse and Frank James stopped their first train in July 1873. They liked it so much that they went on to rob at least six more. |
Wild West Ben Traywick |
Boothill The old cemetery boasts graves of Clantons, McLaurys and other legendary Tombstone characters -- not to mention some of the world's most famous (and funny) epitaphs. |
Wild West Roger Jay |
'The Peoria Bummer': Wyatt Earp's Lost Year The future lawman and O.K. Corral legend was seized in several 1872 police raids -- twice at brothels in Peoria, Ill., and once on a floating brothel downriver. |
Wild West October 2005 Roger Jay |
Reign of the Rough-Scuff: Law and Lucre in Wichita Wyatt Earp and other lawmen 'disciplined' the Texas drovers who sought entertainment at the end of the trail, and also fined those in the Kansas cow town who provided the entertainment. |
Wild West P.A. Mallory |
The Dodge City War When saloon owner Luke Short was told to get out of Dodge in 1883, he went. But he soon came back, and he was joined by the likes of Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson and Doc Holliday. |
Wild West December 2003 Roger Jay |
Spitting Lead in Leadville: Doc Holliday's Last Stand Although his glory years in Tombstone were behind him, down-on-his-luck Doc Holliday delivered a parting shot or two in Colorado. |
Wild West October 2007 Pam Potter |
Wyatt Earp in Seattle Best known for the 1881 street fight in Tombstone, the much traveled Wyatt Earp became part owner of a gambling house in Seattle near the turn of the century. |