How does the magazine separate history from legend, particularly in regards to the Earps and Tombstone? John Boring Phoenix, Arizona Our esteemed editor Meghan Saar keeps our feet to the fire in an effort to get the story correct. And we read a lot, talk to the real experts and do our best to check things out. With regards to Tombstone and Wyatt Earp, a lot of the myth came from Stuart Lake through his 1931 book Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal. Hollywood kept feeding the legends, aiming at e


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