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Doc Holliday (Bison Book)
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780803257818
ISBN: 0803257813
Label: University of Nebraska Press
Manufacturer: University of Nebraska Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: June 01, 1973
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Studio: University of Nebraska Press
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I read this book shortly after finishing "Tombstones Early Years" by the same author, which I thoroughly enjoyed & fortunately, this book carried on in the same vein.
This book relates each stage in Doc's life & gives a very good insight into his character, what others thought of him & the environment in which he lived.
There is much more to Holliday than just the Gunfight At The OK Corral & this book does great justice to exploring a man who knew how to kill, lie, cheat & swindle, without ... Read More
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Myers gives a warm and respectful portrait of Doc. He tries hard to separate man from myth. Although more research has shown some of his assumptions to be wrong, overall it is a good general source of information on Doc, although you will want to update any details. As far as simply a book to read, I enjoyed it thoroughly!
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Doc Holliday is one of those characters seen out of the corner of history's eye, about whom all manner of nonsense has been written. This is a lovely little book of engaging discourse by an author whose conversational style is an absolute delight to read. I expect to be sub-specializing in this author just for the pleasure of listening to him write.
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I've been on a '50's book binge lately; I'm not sure why.
Part of it is that I've been in the mood to read about bad
boys, and no recent decade was so friendly to really bad
boys as the '50's.
In that kind of mood, you might want to bone up on your outlaw
history, and who better to fill your bad boy yearnings than
the gentleman outlaw, John Henry (Doc) Holliday? John Myers
Myers wrote Doc Holliday in 1955, and it remains the most
even-handed, ... Read More
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