Book : The Last Gunfight The Real Story Of The Shootout At..

-Titulo Original : The Last Gunfight The Real Story Of The Shootout At The O.k. Corral-and How It Changed The American West

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Simon & Schuster

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A New York Times bestseller, Jeff Guinn’s definitive, myth-busting account of the most famous gunfight in American history reveals who Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the Clantons and McLaurys really were and what the shootout was all about-“the most thorough account of the gunfight and its circumstances ever published” (The Wall Street Journal)On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, in a vacant lot in Tombstone, Arizona, a confrontation between eight armed men erupted in a deadly shootout. The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral would shape how future generations came to view the Old West. Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the Clantons became the stuff of legends, symbolic of a frontier populated by good guys in white hats and villains in black ones. It’s a colorful story-but the truth is even better. Drawing on new material from private collections-including diaries, letters, and Wyatt Earp’s own hand-drawn sketch of the shootout’s conclusion-as well as archival research, Jeff Guinn gives us a startlingly different and far more fascinating picture of what actually happened that day in Tombstone and why. Review The Last Gunfight is a portrayal of criminality, greed, ambition, rivalry, fidelity, and law enforcement gone awry. Add in the aspects of vengeance, lust, and enduring love, and you have a riveting book every bit as good as, if not better than, Go Down Together, Jeff Guinns much-lauded book about Bonnie and Clyde.--Lynn R. Bailey, Tombstone historian and author of Too Tough to DieA gripping revisionist account of the famed 1881 showdown. . . . Exhaustively researched, stylishly written. . . . As grimly compelling as a Greek tragedy. --Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)An absorbing, meticulous account of the famous O.K. Corral gunfight as it really happened. . . . Guinn places his complex and nuanced story firmly within the context of the evolving Western frontier. . . . A great story. --Kirkus ReviewsGuinn . . . delivers another double-barrel blast of history and true crime. . . . Superbly detailed . . . . A thorough, thrilling account of the crime and its influence on the history of the West. . . . Absolutely buy this dazzler. --Library Journal Express (Starred Review)Jeff Guinn has come up with a new angle and approach to the events of that bloody day in Tombstone. Without that gunfight, Wyatt Earp would have never become a household name a hundred years later. Guinn delves into the myth and separates it from the facts. A terrific read about the Wests most famous lawman.--Clive CusslerJeff Guinn is a straight shooter when it comes to facts. He investigated the story from every imaginable angle, separating truth from tall tale, and now he delivers a factual account of what happened--and why--thats every bit as riveting as the fantasy. --David Martindale, Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX)Jeff Guinn took readers down the back roads of Louisiana in his book Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde. Hes back in The Last Gunfight, displaying the impeccable research that is his trademark. . . . Guinns story is what really happened. . . . A terrific read. Craig Wilson, USA TODAYScrupulously details how this isolated act of violence attained such heroic status. . . . A deeply researched and colorfully written history of one of those dramatic oddments of Americana that never fails to captivate us. --Dale L. Walker, Dallas Morning NewsThe most thorough account of the gunfight and its circumstances ever published. --The Wall Street JournalAdvance Praise forThe Last Gunfight Jeff Guinn gives us not only the clashing egos and the mythic gunslingers, but also the larger social forces that converged on a roistering mining town in southeastern Arizona that fateful day in 1881. The result is a kind of anti-Western: The cliches are stripped away, the black hats removed, the rugged individualists unmasked, leaving us with real human beings who are