The last gunfight : the real story of the shootout at the O.K. Corral--and how it changed the American west / Jeff Guinn.

A revisionist history of the Old West battle challenges popular depictions of such figures as the Earps and Doc Holliday, tracing the influence of a love triangle, renegade Apaches, and the citizens of Tombstone.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guinn, Jeff
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2011.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Tombstone (Ariz.) > History > 19th century.
Violence > Arizona > Tombstone > History > 19th century.
Outlaws > Arizona > Tombstone > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > Arizona > Tombstone.
NonFiction.
Historical.
Genre:
NonFiction.
Historical.
Physical Description:392 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The West
  • The Earps
  • Tombstone
  • The Earps arrive
  • The coming of the cowboys
  • Doc, Johnny, and Josephine
  • It begins
  • Cochise County sheriff
  • The Benson stage robbery
  • Plans go awry
  • Escalation
  • The night before
  • The gunfight
  • The inquest and the hearing
  • "Blood will surely come"
  • The vendetta ride
  • Legend.