The Illustrated Life and Times of Wyatt Earp [Hardcover]

Bob B. Bell (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Tri Star-Boze Publications, Incorporated (1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964334364
• ISBN-13: 978-0964334366
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,160,024 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bob Boze Bell, as he's called in his hometown (Kingman, Arizona), has published
seven colorful and groundbreaking books on the West, with virtually all
of them in multiple printings. Among the subjects-Wyatt Earp, Billy the
Kid, Doc Holliday and his latest, a compilation of Classic Gunfights,
Volume III, which came out in summer 2007.

In 1999, Bell, along with two other passionate Old West friends, bought
True West magazine and moved the editorial offices to Cave Creek, AZ.
The magazine, published since 1953, continues to grow and features the
distinctive style of Bell's creative vision.

In addition to his efforts for True West, Boze's work has appeared in
Arizona Highways, Playboy and National Lampoon. His artwork is featured
on numerous book covers, and he appears often on the History Channel,
Discovery Channel and the Westerns Channel (True West Moments), where
his historical expertise and art are often featured.

With several new books in the works and an aggressive expansion of the
magazine, Boze shows no sign of slowing down. "I'm having too much fun," he says, hard at work on a Sunday afternoon. "Work is only work if you'd rather be someplace else. And I'm right where I want to be."

EXECUTIVE EDITOR/CO-OWNER, TRUE WEST MAGAZINE

BOOKS

The Illustrated Life and Times of Billy the Kid (1992) The Illustrated
Life and Times of Wyatt Earp (1993) The Illustrated Life and Times of
Doc Holliday (1994) Bad Men: Outlaws & Gunfighters of the Wild West
(1999) Classic Gunfights I (2003) Blaze Away! The 25 Gunfights Behind
The OK Corral (2005) Classic Gunfights III (2007)

COMIC BOOKS

Honkytonk Sue #1 (1978)
Honkytonk Sue #2 (1979)
Honkytonk Sue #3 (1980)
Honkytonk Sue #4 (1980)

Customer Reviews

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is as good as it gets, April 5, 2000

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Mr TOM W. SHEPHERD (El Monte, CA USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: The Illustrated Life and Times of Wyatt Earp (Hardcover)

The mystique surrounding Wyatt Earp,Doc Holiday, John Ringo, and the other "heros" of the town of Tombstone, Az.is as captivating now as ever before. The previous books about Wyatt ("Wyatt Earp,Frontier Marshall", "Tombstone", "I Married Wyatt Earp" etc.) were usually based on conjecture and subjectivity. The truth is that even though Wyatt Earp is an American idol of epic porportions, known to almost everybody, only small amounts of his life are varified by historical fact. This includes "The Gunfight At The OK Corral" With this book Mr. Bell not only gives you a sense of the times with many extraordinary photos and paintings but also tells us what is known for sure and what may or may not be the truth. He also discusses the movies (and there are a lot) about not only the gunfight and the people involved but also those on which Wyatt may have been a consultant. I have never read anything that left me with such a through understanding of the gunfight and the aftermath.Also, I have not until now ever really understood why Wyatt was famous in the first place. This is a great book to read first before you watch any of the movies or read any the other books. This along with "The Illustrated Life and Times of Doc Holliday" also by Bob Boze Bell form a solid and totally entertaining foundation from which to evaluate, understand, and enjoy the many, many versions available of the "Earp Legend".

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Some people say it didn't happen that way....", October 29, 2006

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The JuRK (Our Vast, Cultural Desert) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Illustrated Life & Times of Wyatt Earp (4th Ed.) (Paperback)

I just got back from Tombstone, Arizona where they celebrated the 125th Anniversary of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
On Thursday afternoon, October 26th at about 2:20 p.m., "the walk" was recreated by men dressed as Virgil, Wyatt and Morgan Earp along with a Doc Holliday (there were four sets of them in Tombstone that week), covered by all the local media and hundreds of tourists' cameras from all over the world.
They marched from Allen Street down Fourth Street and made a left on Fremont to meet in the alley behind the O.K. Corral.

If you read Bob Boze Bell's books on the subject, you'll find out a lot of fascinating facts about the legends and myths of this and other stories of the American West.
Like Myth Number One: the gunfight at the O.K. Corral didn't happen in the O.K. Corral. As Mr. Bell points out, "'The gunfight in the alley behind the O.K. Corral' just doesn't has the same ring to it."

Chock full of old photographs and Mr. Bell's paintings (Arizonans have known what a great artist he's been for years), these books are great editions to anyone's library of Western history and literature (I can also rave about his books on Doc Holliday and Billy the Kid as well). Facts are presented--whenever possible--and usually with a sense of humor.

Mr. Bell has recently revived "True West" magazine as its Senior Editor and you might have seen his segments between films on the Western Channel. I got a chance to talk to him in Tombstone and thanked him for everything he's done to preserve Western history.

It's a rich and vibrant history and, thanks to these books, one that will endure for decades and centuries to come.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Browser's Delight, March 18, 2001

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PandtheB "newhon" (Surrey, B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Illustrated Life & Times of Wyatt Earp (4th Ed.) (Paperback)

Bob Boze Bell has created a book that anyone would enjoy. Chock full of factual blurbs in chronological detail, Mr. Bell not only gives the reader a complete overview of the life of this incredible gunfighter, but also his place in the West's historical time-line. A visual feast for the eye as well; the book is loaded with photos and illustrations. The few minor facts I checked were accurate; his first marrriage and her subsequent death, for instance, although he attributes it to childbirth, and that has never been confirmed. All in all, this book is a keeper.