Title: Much Better Than Your Average Western History Novel
Product review: This was a really good book. I have read a lot of books on Wyatt Earp and his travails in Tombstone. It is factually quite accurate, and this talented writer adds a great human touch by injecting into the background of his story both the use of the Josie romance (as a real motive for the Behen efforts to get Wyatt using the cowboys) and by using newpaper clippings of other world events that were going on at the same time in the world. And it will be hard to forget his almost poetic reporting of that shootout near Fremont Street on that cold October day. Robert Parker is always great at character studies and this is no exception. Virgil, Doc, Morgan, Ike, Curly Bill, Ringo, and even Bat and Allie get the bright light shone in their direction. It begins with Dodge City and ends immediately after the Vendetta Ride. Marvelous book.
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