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Craig wilson, usa today, advance praise for the last gunfight a jeff guinn gives us not only the clashing egos and the mythic gunslingers, but also the larger social forces that converged on a roistering mining town in southeastern arizona that fateful day in 1881. Before he orchestrated the murder of more than 900 men, women and children in the jungles of guyana, jim jones was laudable, even admirable. Under these conditions,jeff guinn s the last gunfight is, i think, about as close as anyone is going to get to not only what really happened the day the earps wyatt, his brothers virgil and. Bailey, tombstone historian and author of too tough. Corral for decades, and the story just gets better and better. Corral and how it changed the american west by jeff guinn. The last gunfight the real story of the shootout at the o. A new york times bestseller, jeff guinns definitive, mythbusting 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 aboutthe most thorough account of the gunfight and its circumstances ever published the wall street journal. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the last gunfight. A new york times bestseller, jeff guinns definitive, mythbusting account of the most famous gunfight in american histo. Jeff guinn is the winner of the 2016 tcu texas book award and the bestselling author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including silver city, buffalo trail, glorious, manson, the last gunfight, and go down together.
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Dec 28, 2011 the last gunfight by jeff guinn has a subtitle that perfectly describes the book. The real story of the shootout at the ok corraland how it changed the west. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Jeff guinn is an awardwinning former investigative journalist and the bestselling author of numerous books, including go down together. Add in the aspects of vengeance, lust, and enduring love, and you have a riveting book every bit as good as, if not better than, go down together, jeff guinn s muchlauded book about bonnie and clyde. Corraland how it changed the american west guinn, jeff on. Corral shootout saga, the earps were a perennially frustrated family, always disappointed in their status, and always scanning the horizon for the next chance at a big score. After barely escaping nemesis killer boots in the tiny arizona territory town of glorious, cash mclendon. A lot of movies, mind you, and a fair number of competing versions of the events in tombstone in 1881 that made earp famous. And in that, he argues, they were emblematic of an important factor in the. The last gunfight by jeff guinn a new york times bestseller, jeff guinns definitive, mythbusting account of the most famous gunfight in american history. Wyatt earp, his brothers, and their friend doc holliday seem to have had one quality in common with their screen avatars. Under these conditions,jeff guinn s the last gunfight is, i think, about as close as anyone is going to get to not only what really happened the day the earps. Jeff guinn is the bestselling author of several books of fiction and nonfiction, including the last gunfight and go down together, which was a finalist for an edgar award in 2010.
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