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The Lady At The OK Corral (2000)

by Ann Kirschner(Favorite Author)

3.24 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Harper colline

review 1: A biography of Wyatt Earp's common law wife Josephine Marcus Earp. In all that's been written about Wyatt Earp very little has been written about his wives. Josephine was the fourth wife and the third common law wife. She was the one that was with him the longest almost 50 years. She was with him in Tombstone and the OK Corral,and with him as they traveled the county and even to Alaska. They end up in California near Hollywood. With all the stories written some true and some not so true, you always end up wondering what is the truth. Was he a ruthless gunslinger or a law and order kind of guy who was only up holding the law? Interesting to read about the woman behind the man.
review 2: Mixed review here. The book is a biography of Josephine Marcus (Mrs... more. Wyatt Earp). The author does explain her problems: there just isn't that much information available about the woman's early years. Unfortunately Josephine's early years included her time in Tombstone - the years we all want to know about. Lots and lots of information about her forty or so years with Wyatt and her attempts to purify his image both during his life and after his death. The final chapters, with details of books and litigation, get confusing and boring. Not every detail of a person's life is interesting or worthy of documentation. less

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