Historians and writers share their perspectives on the West’s most famous lawman. In honor of the 140th anniversary of the gunfight near the O.K. Corral between the Earps and the Cowboys in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, on October 26, 1881, we have asked fellow Earp historians, writers, novelists, artists and friends to weigh in on the question “Is Wyatt Earp still the hero?” We have given True West’s historian Paul Andrew Hutton the first word on the frontier marshal. And rightfully so


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