Tombstone (Linford Western Library) [Large Print] [Paperback]

Matt Braun (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1988 | Series: Linford Western Library

In 1878, a struggling prospector found silver in the jagged mountains of Arizona. Within a year the town of Tombstone was filling up with merchants, tradesmen, gamblers, whores, and gunslingers. And then the Earp family came to Tombstone--five brothers and their women and their wives. Along with Doc Holliday and a band of thieves, Wyatt Earp treated the Arizona territory as his personal stomping grounds--until Wells Fargo decided to put an end to a string of savage stage robberies. With the legend of the OK Corral shoot out fanning out across the frontier, private detective Luke Starbuck was sent to Tombstone to find the truth. And when he got there, Starbuck's mission turned into one burning, personal obsession: to kill Wyatt Earp...

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"Matt Braun is one of the best!"--Don Coldsmith, author if the Spanish Bit series

"He tells it straight--and he tells it well."--Jory Sherman, author of Grass Kingdom

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About the Author

MATT BRAUN is a fourth generation Westerner, steeped in the tradition and lore of the frontier era. His books reflect a heritage rich with the truths of that bygone time. Raised among the Cherokee and Osage tribes, Braun learned their traditions and culture, and their philosophy became the foundation of his own beliefs. Like his ancestors, he has spent most of his life wandering the mountains and plains of the West. His heritage and his contribution to Western literature resulted in his appointment by the Governor of Oklahoma as a Territorial Marshal.

Braun is the author of forty-three novels and four nonfiction works, including BLACK FOX, which was made into a CBS miniseries. Western Writers of America awarded Braun the prestigious Spur Award for his novel THE KINCAIDS. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books (July 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0708965245
• ISBN-13: 978-0708965245
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,695,043 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars An Insult and Assault of the Truth, April 2, 2011

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John O. Mccall "bocephusii" (York, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tombstone (Luke Starbuck) (Mass Market Paperback)

I have been an avid fan of the old west for over 30 years and have read extensively of "Tombstone" in particular. I have also spent time in Tombstone. If one fact is clear, since the late 1870's there has been two factions. The Earp supporters and the Clanton supporters. The business owners tolerated the Clanton's and their "Cowboy faction" because they spent money in the town which was good for business. When the Earps supported "Law & Order" the Cowboys tried to ruin their reputation. An practice still ongoing 130 years later. Anyone who knows this story well knows the Earps didn't commit or support those stagecoach robberies. In fact, they were very good friends with the stage driver who was shot and killed during the robbery which the cowboy's tried to pin on Doc Holliday. All in an effort to assasinate the Earp reputation since Doc was Wyatt's friend.

When the Earps were about to close in on the actual perpetrators of that fatal robbery, they were thwarted by Sheriff Johnny Behan and the Cowboy's as Behan was a Cowboy supporter. The Cowboy's committed those robberies and Behan was taking kickbacks for looking the other way.

Yes it's true that Wyatt went on a vengence mission against those who harmed and killed his family, but that was a two week period in a lifetime of being great and honest. I like to think I would have defended my family in the same manner in those days when a man had only himself to count on. The law in Tombstone was a joke.

This book is a disgrace but I understand it for what it is. The author wants to assault Wyatt's character to create an outrage. This brings attention to his book and the net result is more sales, and with a little luck, turn popular opinion of the weak minded against a great lawman. Shameful.

Let's not forget that Judge Spicer found the Earps actions at the OK Corral "justified" and the Territorial Governor appointed Wyatt Earp a Deputy Marshall after that gunfight to clean up the Cowboy Faction. I'd say he did a fine job of it !!!

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4.0 out of 5 stars RAISES LOT OF QUESTIONS!!!, October 16, 2002

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Mac Blair "Mac Blair" (Huntingdon, TN USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Tombstone (Luke Starbuck) (Mass Market Paperback)

Matt Braun writes a good western. Luke Starbuck is hired to find out who is behind the Wells Fargo robbies in Arizona. He is lead to believe it is Wyatt Earp and his brothers along with Doc Holladay. He becomes aware this is true and sets out to find some waya to stop him. His plan is to get Wyatt and his brothers fighting against the ones who actually do the robberies. He is determined to stop or kill Wyatt Earp. The book is fast moving. I question anyone being able to do what Starbuck does in the book. If this is a half way true story,it changes my mind on the character of Wyatt Earp and his brothers. I had always thought them to be law enforcement people who were on the up and up, but maybe not. A statment in the front of the book says while the actions may have been changed a little, all else is closer to the truth and the myth. Who am I to say. You will have to read and decide for yourself.