What is your opinion of Stuart Lake’s Wyatt Earp biography Frontier Marshal?
Josh Taylor Austin, Texas
Much of Lake’s book comes from the fertile mind of Lake, but to his credit, it made a Western legend out of Wyatt. Lake had a tough job—he had to deal with Sadie Earp, who was a constant thorn in his side. She was hell-bent on making Wyatt a legend and forbid Lake to write anything about his (or her) jaded past. Interviewing Wyatt was also difficult; the man just didn’t want to tal

True West March/April 2024