Wyatt Earp: The Legend...The Man...The Untold Story (The gunfighter chronicles series) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Matt Braun (Author) "THE RIDERS ENTERED TOWN IN A DUSTY WEDGE..." (more)
Key Phrases: stage robbers, town marshal, wood camp, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Ike Clanton (more...)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal
This novel by the author of Tombstone (Audio Reviews, LJ 5/1/92) is such a mixture of fact, fiction, and legend that it is difficult to be sure where the truth stops and the storytelling begins. Since controversies still rage over the historical accuracy of the various accounts of Earp's career, to describe Wyatt Earp as "faction" is perhaps the safest bet. As Braun describes it, Earp, while running for sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, runs up against crooked politicians and lawmen. After brothers Virgil and Morgan are shot, Wyatt seeks revenge. The reader, Monroe Howard Sheppard, has a limited range of male voices and even fewer female voices. Regardless, this program will be enjoyed by most Western buffs. For large collections.?Sister Avila, formerly with Acad. of the Holy Angels, Minneapolis
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"Matt Braun has a genius for taking real characters out of the Old West and giving them flesh-and-blood immediacy."-- Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (June 15, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312953259
• ISBN-13: 978-0312953256
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,060,371 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Could be better., April 16, 2000

By	W. Keith Bell (Saginaw, Michigan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Matt Braun is usually known for stories rich with historic detail and realism. This book reads more like the movie "Tombstone" (a great movie on its own) and lacks that historical bite. He has a different take on Wyatt Earp than many, which is OK, in that he doesn't place him on the pedestal that most others place him. It's fairly obvious, from other references to Wyatt and his brothers, that he doesn't hold them in very high regard.(Especially in his Luke Starbuck novel "Tombstone") In this story the characters seem to be written as cliches of themselves and the lack of insight to their characters makes it hard to feel for them and become involved in the story. From an author who was able to effectively portray John Wesley Hardin as a "Noble Outlaw", I guess I expected more.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Turgid faction, April 12, 2000

By A Customer

Contrary to reviews I had seen of this book, it is turgid, flat, and poorly written. I could have bought it's like off the supermarket shelf. While it sticks, for the most part, to the facts, it is not entirely accurate. It's characterizations of the characters is one dimensional, to say the least, and creates not one bit of excitement in the reader. I am forcing myself to finish only because I have a keen interest in Wyatt Earp and the history of the period.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, July 20, 2001

By	Rick (Tucson, AZ) - See all my reviews

Enjoyed this book very much. Braun has a great way of mixing fact with fiction. Read the Biographys and then enjoy this book