Glorified, fictionalized and hotly debated, the enigmatic lawman’s life from antebellum Illinois to urban Los Angeles remains iconically fascinating 90 years after his death.
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
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Casey Tefertiller
Vigilante Justice
Research is a treasure hunt, and author Nancy J. Taniguchi found a big, shiny nugget for her Dirty Deeds: Land, Violence and the San Francisco...
The Walk Down
It was the most famous stroll in American history. Neither fast nor slow. Purposeful, with a sense of intimidation. It has been memorialized on film...
Behan’s Lies
One humiliation followed another for popular sheriff Johnny Behan on that fateful October afternoon. He stepped into the middle of a tense situation...
B.S. at the O.K. Corral
The writers came to Wyatt Earp. They wanted his story; they wanted to know all about that street fight in Tombstone, Arizona, and the Vendetta Ride...
Casey Tefertiller
Wish I had a dollar for every time someone asked me what gun Wyatt Earp used in the Gunfight Behind the O.K. Corral. The biggest misconception about...