The Earps Talk (Early West)

It was cold on October 26, 1881. They wore black under their greatcoats. They went up Fourth Street and turned left at Fremont. Walking four abreast, they looked beyond the entrance of the O.K. Corral to a vacant lot where the McLaury's and Clanton's were waiting. Walk with the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday into this vacant lot where they faced their enemy, close enough to them to touch their gun barrels. History was made here. This was the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Read the word-for-word testimony taken from the court records of the Earp's, Ike Clanton, Doc Holliday and Johnny Behan at the inquest following this legendary gunfight. Hear in their own words how Wyatt, Virgil, and James became legends on the frontiers of the Early West. This is their story as they lived it and told it to newspaper reporters and courts of law. Share their experiences in Tombstone, Dodge City, Abilene, and San Francisco as they speak from the past of many decades ago. Learn of the controversial heavyweight fight between Bob Fitzsimmons and Tom Sharkey that was refereed by Wyatt in 1896. Wyatt was accused of conspiracy when he awarded the decision to Sharkey on a disputed foul by Fitzsimmons. These firsthand accounts have been annotated with primary source material. Every significant statement made by the Earps is either supported or refuted by the facts and are noted at the ends of each chapter. The story of the Earps needs no fabrication, no untruths to make it exciting-the true story is by far the most exciting version of all.