Born to the Badge
Wyatt Earp, An American Odyssey Book Two
Published on 1. August 2021
272 pages
978-1-4930-5342-1 (ISBN)
Description
Born to the Badge was a 2019 Spur Award Finalist!
Shunted from his entrepreneurial ambitions to profit from the boomtowns of the frontier, twenty-six year old Wyatt Earp returns to law enforcement. In Wichita, Kansas the town leaders become disenchanted with his hardline methods, and so he moves to a place where an iron-rule is needed-Dodge City. With him comes Mattie Blaylock, a runaway prostitute, who, like Wyatt, is searching for a chance at a better life. As assistant marshal in Dodge, Wyatt establishes a reputation as an uncompromising peace officer, but he knows that police work will never deliver what he really wants: wealth and the respect of the upper class. After joining the Black Hills gold rush and then serving a stint as railroad detective in Texas, he returns to Kansas, only to pin on the badge again and inadvertently forge his path into history.
Shunted from his entrepreneurial ambitions to profit from the boomtowns of the frontier, twenty-six year old Wyatt Earp returns to law enforcement. In Wichita, Kansas the town leaders become disenchanted with his hardline methods, and so he moves to a place where an iron-rule is needed-Dodge City. With him comes Mattie Blaylock, a runaway prostitute, who, like Wyatt, is searching for a chance at a better life. As assistant marshal in Dodge, Wyatt establishes a reputation as an uncompromising peace officer, but he knows that police work will never deliver what he really wants: wealth and the respect of the upper class. After joining the Black Hills gold rush and then serving a stint as railroad detective in Texas, he returns to Kansas, only to pin on the badge again and inadvertently forge his path into history.
Reviews / Votes
Mark Warren's Wyatt Earp trilogy weaves a tale between a lesson in history and a masterpiece novel. -- Eddie Lanham, Western researcher and historian They still talk about Wyatt Earp in Wichita and Dodge City. After reading this book, you'll understand why. -- Jeff Morey, Historical Consultant for the movie Tombstone The dialogue is virtually true to life and gives the feeling the author must have been present when the words were originally spoken. -- Roy B. Young, author and Western historianMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Globe Pequot Press
File size
1,32 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-5342-1 (9781493053421)
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Mark Warren is the author of Secrets of the Forest (Four Volumes), Two Winters in a Tipi,Indigo Heaven, Song of the Horseman, and The Last Pistoleer. Mark is a lifelong student of Native American History and the West with a special focus on Wyatt Earp. He teaches wilderness survival skills at his school, Medicine Bow, in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
Content
- Cover
- Born to the Badge
- Born to the Badge
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Cast of Characters
- A reader's reference list
- Chapter 1
- Spring, 1874
- Wichita, Kansas
- Chapter 2
- Late spring, 1874
- Wichita, Kansas
- Chapter 3
- Summer, 1874
- Wichita, Kansas
- Chapter 4
- October, 1874
- Wichita and south to Indian Territory
- Chapter 5
- October, 1874
- Chikaskia River near the Salt Fork, Indian Territory
- Chapter 6
- Three days later, October 1874
- Wichita, Kansas
- Chapter 7
- Winter, 1874-1875
- Pole Cat Creek, Indian Territory
- Chapter 8
- Spring, 1875
- Wichita, Kansas
- Chapter 9
- Summer, 1875
- Wichita, Kansas
- Chapter 10
- January, 1876
- Wichita, Kansas
- Chapter 11
- Spring, 1876
- Wichita, Kansas
- Chapter 12
- Spring, 1876
- Dodge City, Kansas
- Chapter 13
- Summer, 1876, through spring, 1877
- Dodge City to Deadwood, Dakota Territory, and back
- Chapter 14
- Spring, summer 1877
- Dodge City, Kansas
- Chapter 15
- Summer, 1877
- Dodge City, Kansas
- Chapter 16
- Winter, 1877-1878
- Ft. Griffin, Texas
- Chapter 17
- Summer, 1878
- Dodge City, Kansas
- Chapter 18
- Summer, 1878
- Arkansas River west of Dodge City, Kansas
- Chapter 19
- Late summer, 1878
- Dodge City, Kansas
- Chapter 20
- Late summer, 1878
- Dodge City
- Chapter 21
- Fall, 1878
- Dodge City to Cimarron River
- Chapter 22
- Late fall, 1878
- Dodge City, Kansas
- Chapter 23
- Fall to winter, 1879
- Dodge City to Arizona Territory
- Bibliography
- About the Author
