Allen Barra

Allen Barra is the author of Inventing Wyatt Earp and The Last Coach: A Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant, a national bestseller. He is a feature writer for The Wall Street Journal and a contributing editor for American Heritage. He is currently working on a biography of Yogi Berra.

Stories by Allen Barra

The Mythic West That Matters Now

Popular Old West culture re-examined in Chasing the Sun and True West.

Category History Author Allen Barra Date 08/25/2009

Crooked River Country (Nonfiction)

Category Book Reviews Author Allen Barra Date 04/01/2008

Comanche Moon

Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana have mastered two mediums - fiction and film.

Category In the Works Author Allen Barra Date 07/01/2007

An Endless Attraction to Billy

Michael Wallis' first outlaw biography was on Oklahoma's social bandit Pretty Boy Floyd, pubished in 1992. Now he's written Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride.

Category Author Profiles Author Allen Barra Date 04/01/2007