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He was a dentist from the South believed to have gone west because of tuberculosis, a man who went on to become a gambler, a faro dealer, and one of the most feared (and fearless) gunfighters of his time--a close friend of Wyatt Earp and a key participant in the famous 1881 shootout at the OK Corral.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Prologue: The Measure of a Man 1

1 Child of the Southern Frontier 7

2 The World Turned Upside Down 25

3 Gone to Texas 55

4 Cow Towns and Pueblos 89

5 The Price of a Reputation 122

6 Friends and Enemies 159

7 The Fremont Street Fiasco 186

8 Vengeance 223

9 The Out Trail 258

10 A Holliday in Denver 284

11 A Living—and Dying—Legend 319

12 The Anatomy of a Western Legend 373

Epilogue: The Measure of a Legend 407

Notes 415

Index 501

Doc Holliday

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 31/08/2007
      ISBN13: 9780470128220, 978-0470128220
      ISBN10: 0470128224
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      He was a dentist from the South believed to have gone west because of tuberculosis, a man who went on to become a gambler, a faro dealer, and one of the most feared (and fearless) gunfighters of his time--a close friend of Wyatt Earp and a key participant in the famous 1881 shootout at the OK Corral.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments ix

      Prologue: The Measure of a Man 1

      1 Child of the Southern Frontier 7

      2 The World Turned Upside Down 25

      3 Gone to Texas 55

      4 Cow Towns and Pueblos 89

      5 The Price of a Reputation 122

      6 Friends and Enemies 159

      7 The Fremont Street Fiasco 186

      8 Vengeance 223

      9 The Out Trail 258

      10 A Holliday in Denver 284

      11 A Living—and Dying—Legend 319

      12 The Anatomy of a Western Legend 373

      Epilogue: The Measure of a Legend 407

      Notes 415

      Index 501

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