Stuart Lake is best known for writing Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal, the first biography (not exactly accurate) of Earp. It was the only book he ever wrote. After that, Lake went to Hollywood, consulting a variety of films and TV Westerns—most of which were about Wyatt Earp.
He also penned the story for “Winchester ’73,” the classic 1950 Western starring James Stewart. When it was turned into a magazine article, the studio failed to credit Lake—who proceeded to sue them for $400,000. It was settled out of court.
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