Sunday, March 12, 2006

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

And Die in the West: The Story of the O.K. Corral Gunfight

by Paula Mitchell Marks (1989)

This book is an exhaustive study of the infamous gunfight.

I am amazed, bordering on stupification, at the detail provided by the author.

She examines the life of every character (major and minor) before, during, and after the gunfight.

The author also analyzes the events in Arizona in the larger context of what was going on in other areas of the Old Wild West.

This is a great book, worth reading more than once.

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