![]() ![]() This book is a masterful weaving of history with elements of story in a. Corral-And How It Changed the American West Kindle Edition by Jeff Guinn (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 956 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 37.81 40 Used from 2.31 17 New from 33. It's a colorful story?but the truth is even better.ĭrawing 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. The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. ![]() 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. ![]() Corral-And How It Changed the American West Publishers Synopsis Book information Sign up to. ![]() Corral would shape how future generations came to view the Old West. The Last Gunfight The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. 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. 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) ![]()
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The gay romance novel that inspired a movie! ![]() ![]() It’s amazing how much Bitty has developed as a character between page one and the final chapters. Volume one is freshman and sophomore years volume two is junior and senior. Like volume one, Sticks & Scones follows Eric ‘Bitty’ Bittle’s college years. ![]() This second volume (which I realized upon opening would be the LAST) is an incredible conclusion. The cast of characters is diverse, and even readers who know absolutely nothing about hockey (or sports in general) will love and cheer on these boys to victory. It’s fun, funny, and incredibly endearing. ![]() This webcomic turned graphic novel heals my heart. 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Because of its relative objectivity and heavy use of primary sources, unusual at the time, its methodology became a model for later historians. ![]() 1 The book traces the Roman Empire and Western civilization as a wholefrom the late first century AD to the fall of the Eastern or Byzantine Empire. The work covers the history of the Roman Empire, Europe, and the Catholic Church from 98 to 1590 and discusses the decline of the Roman Empire in the East and West. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is the short title of an important book by the 18th century English historian Edward Gibbon. The original volumes were published in quarto sections, a common publishing practice of the time. About The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volumes 1 to 6. Volumes II and III were published in 1781 volumes IV, V, and VI in 1788–89. Volume I was published in 1776 and went through six printings. 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Mary Jane Auch started writing middle grade novels about 12 years ago, and she and her husband, Herm, who is also a graphic illustrator specializing in digital art, began working together as an artist/writer team. Mary Jane Auch is not only an award winning author, but is also a graphic illustrator for children and young adult books such as “Wing Nut”, “The Road to Home”, the “Journey to Nowhere” trilogy, “Frozen Summer”, and the critically acclaimed “Ashes of Roses” (Books). ![]() |