A New York Times bestseller, Jeff Guinn's definitive, myth-busting account of the most famous gunfight in American history reveals who Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the Clantons and McLaurys really were and what the shootout was all about--"the most thorough account of the gunfight and its circumstances ever published" (The Wall Street Journal)On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, in a vacant lot in Tombstone, Arizona, a confrontation between eight armed men erupted in a deadly shootout. The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral would shape how future generations came to view the Old West. Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the Clantons became the stuff of legends, symbolic of a frontier populated by good guys in white hats and villains in black ones. It's a colorful story--but the truth is even better. Drawing on new material from private collections--including diaries, letters, and Wyatt Earp's own hand-drawn sketch of the shootout's conclusion--as well as archival research, Jeff Guinn gives us a startlingly different and far more fascinating picture of what actually happened that day in Tombstone and why.
Sobre o autor(a)
Guinn, Jeff
Jeff Guinn é autor do best-seller Manson, A Biografia; The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral — And How It Changed the American West; e do finalista do prêmio Edgar Award Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie & Clyde. Guinn tem longa experiência no jornalismo e já ganhou prêmios nacionais, regionais e estaduais por suas reportagens investigativas, especiais e críticas literárias. Escreveu dezenove livros, inclusive best-sellers do New York Times. É membro do Hall da Fama da Literatura, no Texas. Mora em Fort Worth. |
| ISBN | 9781439154250 |
| Autor(a) | Guinn, Jeff |
| Editora | Simon & Schuster |
| Ano de edição | 2012 |
| Páginas | 416 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |
| Dimensões | 21,30 X 14,00 |