Doc Holliday's Road to Tombstone: The Life and Times of John Henry Holliday [Paperback]

Tom Barnes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 8, 2005

John Henry Holliday steps off the train at Atlanta's Union Station, fresh out of the Pennsylvania Dental College, and into Mattie's arms. But the storybook romance between the young dentist and his cousin is cut short by disease and family strife. Some cl

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About the Author

Tom Barnes grew up in the South. He studied English literature, history and drama at Middle Georgia College and the Pasadena Playhouse. His military service was spent in naval aviation as a member of an elite patrol squadron known as the Hurricane Hunter

Product Details

• Paperback: 332 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris (December 8, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 141349496X
• ISBN-13: 978-1413494969
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,122,893 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Hi my name is Tom Barnes and I'm an actor, writer and hurricane hunter.

I was born in Ft. Myers, Florida, and brought up in central Georgia where I got hooked on Civil War stories. I dutifully wrote those stories into my war journal and got my first taste for writing.
At age 17 I joined the Navy, earned my Aircrew Wings and spent a season with the Hurricane Hunters.
Following my hitch in the Navy I returned to school, studied English literature at Middle Georgia College and drama at the Pasadena Playhouse in California. I did dozens of plays ranging from Our Town and Uncle Vanya to My Three Angels and The Tender Trap.
Then I moved to New York for Off Broadway, summer stock and worked with Bert Lahr in Harvey, Vera Miles in The Country Girl and June Lockhart in Forty Carats.
PBS hired me to do the TV Series, "Georgia's Heritage" - as writer and host, narrator.
During our last segment of Heritage I had my first brush with the legendary Doc Holliday.

Most of my writing has a touch of history, even my blogs where I write stories about everything from the Algonquin Round Table and the characters that gathhered there for lunch during the 1920's, to the growth of the movie industry and horse racing's Triple Crown. Then going back to my season with the Hurricane Hunters I blog about hurricanes and the Bermuda Triangle.

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good story, but reads more like a script instead of a novel..., May 8, 2006

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Johnny Ringo (Tombstone, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Doc Holliday's Road to Tombstone: The Life and Times of John Henry Holliday (Paperback)

Ever since I saw the movie Tombstone I have taken a fancy to the legendary gambler Doc Holliday. I was very pleased to find that Tom Barnes based his stroy more around the historical facts instead of the western myth that surrounds this interesting character. I enjoyed this book, but found the writing style to be that of a television or motion picture script. The narrative focused mostly on the verbage of the characters or the action they took part in. The times when the author took us into the characters mind and thoughts were few and not very deep when they did occur. I kept wondering when I was reading the book if the author wrote this book with hopes of later seeing it turned into a show or movie. This book also suffered from some editing errors with a few typos that should have been caught before publishing (see page 20 & 178). While this is a bit of a critical review, I would recomend this book to anyone wants to enjoy a good story and learn a little more about Mr. Holliday. This was a good story I was just hoping for something a little more...

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific read, January 30, 2006

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D. L. Weaver (Los Angeles, CA. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doc Holliday's Road to Tombstone: The Life and Times of John Henry Holliday (Paperback)

This was a great book, very well written, interesting, informative and a fast reading, some surprising facts come to light; didn't want to put it down and enjoyed it very much.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, February 2, 2006

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L. McDonald - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doc Holliday's Road to Tombstone: The Life and Times of John Henry Holliday (Paperback)

Author Tom Barnes has meticulously written this factual account of the life of Doc Holliday in such a way that you feel as though you are actually right there, experiencing all the excitement and ambience of the era in which Doc's life unfolded. Furthermore, the author provides surprising aspects which only make the story that much more interesting. A great read.