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The Last Gunfight
The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral-And How It Changed the American West | Jeff Guinn
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A New York Times bestseller, Jeff Guinns 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.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. Its a colorful storybut the truth is even better. Drawing on new material from private collectionsincluding diaries, letters, and Wyatt Earps own hand-drawn sketch of the shootouts conclusionas 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
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Centique
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Spring is sprung in NZ, blossoms everywhere. Just one book for #hiselderliness this week. #bookreport
He‘s been reading Jeff Guin books after enjoying his Charles Manson. This one was 3 stars.
“Its a bit complicated for my brain. You‘ve got Earp on one side and all his brothers. Then the other mob, a whole lot of them. Then one gets shot so they have to shoot someone back. I got confused about who shot who. ⬇️

Centique “Filled in a few nights for me though and that‘s the main thing” 4y
Trashcanman 😘❤ 4y
Reggie We‘re expecting snow tonight! ❤️His Elderliness. 4y
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Centique @Trashcanman hello George! 💕 4y
Centique @Reggie Snow!! Wow - I‘m feeling Christmassy just imagining it! 4y
Cathythoughts Hi 👋 His Elderliness ! Hope your well 👍🏻❤️ 4y
Cinfhen Love the blossoms and the book report!!! 4y
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I love history, and Tombstone, AZ has been on my bucket list for years. This book held my attention from the first page to the last. I love it!
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#nonfiction #history #westerns #americanhistory