Overview
-Publishers Weekly
"An engagingly written, persuasively argued, solidly documentedwork of scholarship that will surely take its place in theliterature of the Old West."
-Booklist
In Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend, the historian Gary Robertstakes aim at the most complex, perplexing, and paradoxicalgunfighter of the Old West, drawing on more than twenty years ofresearch-including new primary sources-in his quest to separate thelife from the legend. Doc Holliday was a study in contrasts: thelegendary gunslinger who made his living as a dentist; theemaciated consumptive whose very name struck fear in the hearts ofhis enemies; the degenerate gambler and alcoholic whose fierceloyalty to his friends compelled him, more than once, to risk hisown life; and the sidekick whose near-mythic status rivals that ofthe West's greatest heroes. With lively details of Holliday'sspirited exploits, his relationships with such Western icons asWyatt Earp and Bat Masterson, and the gunfight at the O.K. Corral,this book sheds new light on one of the most mysterious figures offrontier history.
This book title, Doc Holliday (The Life and Legend), ISBN: 9780470128220, by Gary L. Roberts, published by Wiley (August 13, 2007) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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