Doc Holliday
The Life and Legend
Gary L. Roberts(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 2006
Book
Hardback
544 pages
978-0-471-26291-6 (ISBN)
Description
He was a dentist from the South believed to have gone west because of tuberculosis, a man who went on to become a gambler, a faro dealer, and one of the most feared (and fearless) gunfighters of his time--a close friend of Wyatt Earp and a key participant in the famous 1881 shootout at the OK Corral. He's been portrayed on screen by actors ranging from Victor Mature and Kirk Douglas to Dennis Quaid and Val Kilmer. But who was the real Doc Holliday? Drawing on 20 years of meticulous, primary-source research, Western historian Gary Roberts strips away the legends and reveals the truth about this enigmatic man, offering many new and surprising discoveries.
Reviews / Votes
"Highly recommended for both public and academic libraries" (Library Journal, March 15, 2006) "You can't beat this story for drama, and Roberts provides a step-by-step account of the gunfight." (Publishers Weekly, February 27, 2006)More details
Edition
1., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Annotated edition
Illustrations
Illustrations, ports
Dimensions
Height: 24.1 cm
Width: 16 cm
Weight
889 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-26291-6 (9780471262916)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions



Book
08/2007
1st Edition
Wiley
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Person
GARY L. ROBERTS, Emeritus Professor of History, Abraham Baldwin College, is widely recognized as a historian of the American West and frontier violence. He has published more than seventy-five articles on Western history and coedited a book on Georgia politics, and is the author of Death Comes for the Chief Justice: The Slough-Rynerson Quarrel and Political Violence in New Mexico.
Content
Acknowledgments.Prologue: The Measure of a Man.1. Child of the Southern Frontier.2. The World Turned Upside Down.3. Gone to Texas.4. Cow Towns and Pueblos.5. The Price of a Reputation.6. Friends and Enemies.7. The Fremont Street Fiasco.8. Vengeance.9. The Out Trail.10. A Holliday in Denver.11. A Living-and Dying-Legend.12. The Anatomy of a Western Legend.Epilogue: The Measure of a Legend.Notes.Index.