American lawman Wyatt Earp has become a legendary Western folk hero in film, television, and literature. Throughout the 1870s, Earp worked as a lawman in various cities such as Wichita, Dodge City, and Deadwood. In 1879, Earp moved to Tombstone, where he soon became involved in a conflict with a group of outlaws known as the Cochise County Cowboys. The conflict climaxed with the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, which saw Earp, his brothers Morgan and Virgil, and Doc Holliday face off against five members of the Cochise County Cowboys.
Due in part to Earp's exaggerations about his life and the fictitious nature of Stuart N. Lake's best-selling biography Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal, the truth surrounding Earp's Western exploits has faded with time. While film and television have aided in transforming Earp's life into a mythological existence rather than a factual one, they have also captured a uniquely American...
Due in part to Earp's exaggerations about his life and the fictitious nature of Stuart N. Lake's best-selling biography Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal, the truth surrounding Earp's Western exploits has faded with time. While film and television have aided in transforming Earp's life into a mythological existence rather than a factual one, they have also captured a uniquely American...
- 2/6/2025
- by Vincent LoVerde, Christopher Raley
- CBR
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