Allen Barra
A Tombstone Soliloquy

A Tombstone Soliloquy

The story of the Earp Brothers and Doc Holliday and the events leading up to the street fight in Tombstone have inspired enough fiction and...

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Ode to the Cowboys

Ode to the Cowboys

Former Cochise County ranch wife Joyce Aros was, she writes, “exposed for a time to some old-time cowboys.” From there she makes a leap of faith...

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Texas Jack Rides Again

Texas Jack Rides Again

Peter Brand’s Wyatt Earp’s Vendetta Posse Rider: The Story of Texas Jack Vermillion is a model of clarity and concision. John Oberland Vermillion,...

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Gunfighter in Gotham

Gunfighter in Gotham

Many deem Robert K. DeArment’s 1979 biography, Bat Masterson: The Man and the Legend, as essential reading. DeArment’s Gunfighter in Gotham attempts...

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Wyatt On the Set!

Wyatt On the Set!

His story, said Bat Masterson, was the story of the West. For years Wyatt Earp was reluctant to tell it.  But as some began to resurrect his...

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