Tombstone

[Eloy Santa Cruz]

I had been going through some of my father's things and found a very interesting book titled "Tombstone" by Walter Noble Burns. It was written in 1929 the year of Wyatt Earp's death. Burns had conducted extensive research and interviews and even interviewed Billy Breakenridge, Deputy Sheriff under Sheriff Behan. The book begins with scout Ed Schieffelin discovering silver ore while enroute back to headquarters at Camp Huachuca, a newly established army post at the north end of the Huachuca range. This discovery was the birth of Tombstone. I have just started reading this book and find it very interesting. I am not sure if this book is still in print, I suspect it is not. My father was a rancher in Eloy Az. There is a hand written note inside the book indicating he received it from a ranch hand probably late 1940's.

[St. George]

First published in 1927, Tombstone defined the legend of lawman-gunfighter Wyatt Earp.

A mixture of fact and fiction, Walter Noble Burns's portrayal of Earp has profoundly influenced subsequent generations of historians, novelists, and screen writers.

It's a good read - but given that it was written so many years after the fact, and everyone had his own tale to set down, and the somewhat star-struck nature of the author, read it for entertainment.

It was still in print a couple of years back - but in paperback, from a university press who's name escapes me.

Vaya,

Scouts Out!

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

Still available;

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=walter+noble+BURNS&bi=0&bx=off&ds=30&recentlyadded=all&sortby=17&sts=t&tn=Tombstone&x=72&y=7

[GunClick Rick]

Wyatt Earp hero or villan?

http://www.scvtv.com/html/boze042911btv.html

[Daniel Nighteyes]

Wyatt Earp hero or villan?

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