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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Basic Books
Publication date
November 15, 1999
Pages
426
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780786706853
ISBN-10
0786706856
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.35 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$15.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A fascinating biography explores the life and legend of Wyatt Earp--a man who was launched into Western lore in a thirty-second gunfight at the O.K. Corral and who later shaped the way we perceive Western history as a film advisor in Hollywood. Reprint.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
In a violent half-minute, in a gunfight near the O.K. Corral, Wyatt Earp became a legend. He was thirty-three. He died forty-eight years later, in Hollywood, where he worked as an advisor on film westerns. He'd had firsthand experience in the creation of American myth, and in this remarkable volume, Allen Barra illuminates fully the man who strode into our national imagination, as well as the myths that have continually reinvented him in history, film, and fiction. "Any future arguments will have to reckon with the evidence and explication that Allen Barra presents in this thoughtful, careful book." - Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World "Continually surpris[ing] . . . Barra's enthusiasm for his subject is contagious, his eye for human foible compassionate, and his nose for the odd fact irrepressible." - Atlanta Journal-Constitution "A grand, often fascinating account of a man . . . [and] legend" - Chicago Tribune "Provide[s] a fascinating glimpse into a rowdy, turbulent period in the nation's history by re-examining one of the legendary figures who made it so" - Cincinnati Enquirer "Wyatt Earp's hell-for-leather charge into the rugged territory between history and legend has never been better charted." - San Diego Union-Tribune
Editions
Hardcover
from Castle (April 30, 2005)
9780785814948 | details & prices | 448 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.50 in. | 1.78 lbs | List price $9.99
About: Tells the entire story of Earp's amazing life, explaining why he became a legend among his contemporaries and how Hollywood reinvented him first as a hero and then as a scoundrel.
About: Tells the entire story of Earp's amazing life, explaining why he became a legend among his contemporaries and how Hollywood reinvented him first as a hero and then as a scoundrel.
from Carroll & Graf Pub (December 1, 1998)
9780786705627 | details & prices | 426 pages | 6.75 × 9.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.75 lbs | List price $27.00
About: Tells the entire story of Earp's amazing life, explaining why he became a legend among his contemporaries and how Hollywood reinvented him first as a hero and then as a scoundrel
About: Tells the entire story of Earp's amazing life, explaining why he became a legend among his contemporaries and how Hollywood reinvented him first as a hero and then as a scoundrel
Paperback
from Bison Books (January 1, 2009)
9780803220584 | details & prices | 426 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.36 lbs | List price $19.95
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Basic Books (November 15, 1999)
9780786706853 | details & prices | 426 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $15.95
About: Tells the entire story of Earp's amazing life, explaining why he became a legend among his contemporaries and how Hollywood reinvented him first as a hero and then as a scoundrel
About: Tells the entire story of Earp's amazing life, explaining why he became a legend among his contemporaries and how Hollywood reinvented him first as a hero and then as a scoundrel
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