DOC HOLLIDAY'S NEMESIS: THE STORY OF JOHNNY TYLER & TOMBSTONE'S GAMBLERS' WAR
By Peter Brand
Peter Brand's incredible biography reveals the underworld of gambling factions in Tombstone, Doc Holliday's life details that eluded previous researchers, and the story of a man who made the West wild. Benchmark research and new resources are a hallmark of Brand's work. He's the only author with two books on our top list.
THE BIRD CAGE THEATER: THE CURTAIN RISES ON TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA'S NATIONAL TREASURE
By Michael Paul Mihaljevich
Called "one of the top five books ever written on Tombstone" by field experts, this book reveals newly discovered resources and photographs dating back to Tombstone's founding to tell the town's true story hidden under a century of lore.
WYATT EARP: THE LIFE BEHIND THE LEGEND
By Casey Tefertiller
This book completely changed Wyatt Earp scholarship and raised the bar for every Wyatt Earp researcher that followed. Three decades later it still stands the test of time.
DOC HOLLIDAY: THE LIFE AND THE LEGEND
By Gary L. Roberts
Gary Roberts tenaciously pursued period resources and gave them a voice in what now stands as the gold standard of Doc Holliday books.
WYATT EARP'S VENDETTA POSSE RIDER: THE STORY OF TEXAS JACK VERMILLION
By Peter Brand
This awarded book epitomizes what history books should be. Peter not only cleared up the misidentification of one of Wyatt Earp's confidantes, but he gives readers a clear and colorful view of who he was using never before discovered family and government records.
THE MCLAURYS IN TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA: AN OK CORRAL OBITUARY
By Paul Lee Johnson
Paul spent 30 years tracking the life of Tom and Frank McLaury. In that time he traveled the country, contacted now deceased family members, and left no stone unturned to tell their story. In doing so he gave an identity to two brothers killed at the gunfight near the OK Corral that had previously been cast as outlaws.
A WYATT EARP ANTHOLOGY: LONG MAY HIS STORY BE TOLD
Edited by Roy Young, Gary Roberts, and Casey Tefertiller
In the last 25 years a number of dedicated researchers followed individual segments of the Wyatt Earp legend revealing a world of new information. With many of these findings spread out in various journals and other publications, ANTHOLOGY consolidates them, bringing more clarity to
Edited by Roy Young, Gary Roberts, and Casey Tefertiller
In the last 25 years a number of dedicated researchers followed individual segments of the Wyatt Earp legend revealing a world of new information. With many of these findings spread out in various journals and other publications, ANTHOLOGY consolidates them, bringing more clarity to the Earp story. They were hand-selected by editors Young, Roberts and Tefertiller who have a lifetime of combined expertise in scholarly writing in the western history genre.
TOMBSTONE, A.T.: A HISTORY OF MINING, MILLING AND MAYHEM
By William Shillinberg
The perfect book on early Tombstone has yet to be written, but Shillingberg is near the top of the list. His use of difficult to find regional period records gives his book an edge over others in filling out Tombstone's story.
THE OK CORRAL INQUEST
RIDE THE DEVIL'S HERD: WYATT EARP'S EPIC BATTLE AGAINST THE WEST'S BIGGEST OUTLAW GANG
RIDE THE DEVIL'S HERD: WYATT EARP'S EPIC BATTLE AGAINST THE WEST'S BIGGEST OUTLAW GANG
By Alford Turner
The oldest book on this list (originally published in 1981) is perhaps one of the most enjoyable to read. Turner published the actual (transcribed) testimony from the coroner's inquest and the month long inquest in the wake of the "OK Corral" gunfight. You get accounts from more than 30 eye witnesses including Ike Clanton,
By Alford Turner
The oldest book on this list (originally published in 1981) is perhaps one of the most enjoyable to read. Turner published the actual (transcribed) testimony from the coroner's inquest and the month long inquest in the wake of the "OK Corral" gunfight. You get accounts from more than 30 eye witnesses including Ike Clanton, Johnny Behan, Wyatt Earp himself, and many more. It's as close as a reader can get to watching the gunfight happen, and is the basis for much of the ongoing debate surrounding this iconic event.
RIDE THE DEVIL'S HERD: WYATT EARP'S EPIC BATTLE AGAINST THE WEST'S BIGGEST OUTLAW GANG
RIDE THE DEVIL'S HERD: WYATT EARP'S EPIC BATTLE AGAINST THE WEST'S BIGGEST OUTLAW GANG
RIDE THE DEVIL'S HERD: WYATT EARP'S EPIC BATTLE AGAINST THE WEST'S BIGGEST OUTLAW GANG
By John Boessenecker
With many book rehashing common Cochise county "cowboy" clansmen folklore, John Boessenecker delved deeper in to the individuals, their network and how they clashed with growing society in SE Arizona. Wyatt Earp's role in their demise is not glorified but factually represented.