The Life And Times Of Wyatt Earp
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: wear on front of jacket from sticker. otherwise just usual aging.
Few figures in American history cast as long a shadow as Wyatt Earp — lawman, gambler, and frontier legend — and Stuart N. Lake's The Life and Times of Wyatt Earp stands as the definitive chronicle of the man behind the myth. Drawing on first-hand interviews conducted with Earp himself before his death in 1929, Lake presents an intimate and vivid portrait of one of the Old West's most iconic figures, from his early days as a buffalo hunter and stagecoach guard to his legendary stand at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. The narrative unfolds with the pace and tension of a frontier thriller, grounding Earp's extraordinary exploits in the gritty, lawless reality of post-Civil War America. Illustrated with atmospheric drawings by John McCormack, the book brings the rugged landscapes and rough-edged characters of the Wild West to vivid life. Lake's biography transcends a simple recounting of gunfights and badge-wearing to illuminate the moral complexity of frontier justice and the uneasy line between hero and outlaw. First published in 1931, the work has since become a cornerstone of American Western literature, inspiring countless adaptations in film, television, and popular culture, and cementing Wyatt Earp's place in the national mythology. Lake's prose is both authoritative and cinematic, imbued with the swagger and melancholy of an era that was already fading into legend even as he wrote it. For anyone seeking to understand the true character of the American frontier, this landmark biography remains as compelling and essential as ever.
Author: Stuart N. Lake
Format: Hardback
Published: 1956, Houghton Mifflin Company Boston
Genre: Biography
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: wear on front of jacket from sticker. otherwise just usual aging.
Few figures in American history cast as long a shadow as Wyatt Earp — lawman, gambler, and frontier legend — and Stuart N. Lake's The Life and Times of Wyatt Earp stands as the definitive chronicle of the man behind the myth. Drawing on first-hand interviews conducted with Earp himself before his death in 1929, Lake presents an intimate and vivid portrait of one of the Old West's most iconic figures, from his early days as a buffalo hunter and stagecoach guard to his legendary stand at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. The narrative unfolds with the pace and tension of a frontier thriller, grounding Earp's extraordinary exploits in the gritty, lawless reality of post-Civil War America. Illustrated with atmospheric drawings by John McCormack, the book brings the rugged landscapes and rough-edged characters of the Wild West to vivid life. Lake's biography transcends a simple recounting of gunfights and badge-wearing to illuminate the moral complexity of frontier justice and the uneasy line between hero and outlaw. First published in 1931, the work has since become a cornerstone of American Western literature, inspiring countless adaptations in film, television, and popular culture, and cementing Wyatt Earp's place in the national mythology. Lake's prose is both authoritative and cinematic, imbued with the swagger and melancholy of an era that was already fading into legend even as he wrote it. For anyone seeking to understand the true character of the American frontier, this landmark biography remains as compelling and essential as ever.