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• The William B. Crawley Great Lives Lecture Series

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  Biography is the most intimate approach to history--and the most entertaining. UMW’s Great Lives lecture series reveals how extraordinary people--some born to privilege and power, others from modest backgrounds--shaped art, literature, science,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Brothers of the Gun

  Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and a Reckoning in Tombstone

  Gardner, Mark Lee, 1960-

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  In this illuminating dual biography, the first about Earp and Holliday, the lives of these two men, one a sometime lawman and the other a sometime dentist, are chronicled in a swirling tableau of saloons, brothels, gambling dens, stage holdups,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• America's Wild West

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  Uncover the real stories behind the legendary figures whose lives and exploits took center stage in the invention of the mythic Wild West. The eight outstanding documentaries include Annie Oakley, Billy the Kid, Buffalo Bill, Butch Cassidy and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Biography. Doc Holliday

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  The life story of one of the American West's most colorful and remarkable characters, Dr. John Henry "Doc" Holliday.

• Bloody Season

  Estleman, Loren D.

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  Winner of three Golden Spur Awards, this novel is a vividly written and carefully researched account of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, opening with the shoot-out itself before recounting both the events leading up to the battle and its legacy.

• Doc Holliday

  a Family Portrait

  Tanner, Karen Holliday, 1940-

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  In the first authoritative biography of Doc Holliday, Tanner sheds light on Holliday’s early years, the elements of his family life that shaped the man he'd become, the true story of his friendship with the Earp brothers, and the aftermath of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dodge City

  Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West

  Clavin, Tom, 1954-

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  This history of Dodge City, Kansas, is an informative look at the Old West and the lifelong friendship of Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson, two self-trained lawmen who led the effort to establish justice on the frontier, ultimately fighting in what…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Inventing Wyatt Earp

  His Life and Many Legends

  Barra, Allen

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  A complete history of the life of Wyatt Earp, which is derived from the accounts of his contemporaries, and includes a consideration of the Hollywood legend which grew up around the stories of his exploits.

• My Darling Clementine

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  In this film, regarded by many critics as one of the best Westerns ever made and preserved in the US National Film Registry, Wyatt Earp is the sturdy lawman who shapes up the disorderly Arizona town of Tombstone, with the help of the boozy,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wild West

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  This re-evaluation proves that fact can be a lot more interesting than fiction as it discusses three of the most famous figures of the time: Colonel Custer and his last stand at Little Bighorn, Billy the Kid, and Wyatt Earp's role in the gunfight at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tombstone

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  On October 26, 1881, nine men clashed in what would become known as the most famous shootout in American frontier history. In this animated account, bestselling author and historian Tom Clavin examines the story of Tombstone, revealing the true…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wyatt Earp

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  This romanticized biopic begins at the beginning, with Wyatt born on a farm with a stern but loving father, a kind but realistic mother, and many brothers, and traces his life until Wyatt is forced to avenge his family's honor, thrusting him into…Read moreRead more of this annotation