Like film and television producers and screenwriters, Western book publishers and authors love to mine the lore and lives of historical lawmen and outlaws for their novels. Fans of some of the Old West’s greatest legends will enjoy the following recent novelizations of the thrilling lives of their favorite heroes (or villains) of yesteryear:
Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and the Earp Brothers
Black Hats by Max Allan Collins
(Brash Books, $16.99)
Born to the Badge: Wyatt Earp:
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True West November 2018
In This Issue:
Features
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- The Medal of Honor
- Lynching and Hanging
- Horsethief Basin
- Revenge Begets Revenge
- What’s in a Name: Old West Style
- He Died with His Boots Off
- Maricopa
- The Train Robbers
- The Meticulous Rebirth of Old West Guns
- Rough Justice
- Tombstone Tragedy
- The Earp Attorney
- Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
- Whatever Happened to Big Nose Kate?
- Tucson, Tubac, Tumacacori, to Hell
- Kin to the James Boys
Departments
- Fire Engulfs Paramount Western Ranch
- Is Hard Knocks: A Life Story of the Vanishing West by Harry Young Accurate?
- Following the Bent Brothers
- Robber’s Roost Defender
- Did Frontier Women own Property during the Old West era?
- When did Navajos Arrive in Arizona?
- Western Events for November 2018
- A Historical Photo Shows a group of Cowboys with Pipes Upside Down in their Mouths. What’s that About?
- True West’s Hometown
- Old West Reproductions — the Devil is in the Detail
- Did Wyatt Earp own any Saloons in Alaska?
- Take Your Christmas Holiday Celebration to a New Level
- The Thirsty Trapper
- Hell on Wheels
- Tejano History Under One Roof
- “…Kill or Hang All Warriors…”
- Top 10 True Western Towns of 2018
- November/December 2011 Events