TY  - GEN
T1  - Murder in tombstone : the forgotten trial of Wyatt Earp
A1  - Lubet, Steven
LA  - English
PP  - New Haven, CT
PB  - Yale University Press
YR  - 2004
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn191953108
AB  - The gunfight at the OK Corral occupies a unique place in American history. Although the event itself lasted less than a minute, it became the basis for countless stories about the Wild West. At the time of the gunfight, however, Wyatt Earp was not universally acclaimed as a hero. Among the people who knew him best in Tombstone, Arizona, many considered him a renegade and murderer. This book tells the nearly unknown story of the prosecution of Wyatt Earp, his brothers, and Doc Holiday following the famous gunfight. To the prosecutors, the Earps and Holiday were wanton killers. A ccording to the defence, the Earps were steadfast heroes - willing to risk their lives on the mean streets of Tombstone for the sake of order. The case against the Earps, with its duelling narratives of brutality and justification, played out themes of betrayal, revenge, and even adultery. Attorney Thomas Fitch, one of the era's finest advocates, ultimately managed, against considerable odds, to save Earp from the gallows. But the case could easily have ended in a conviction, and Wyatt Earp would have been hanged or imprisoned, not celebrated as an American icon.
OP  - 253
CN  - F819.T6 L83 2004eb
SN  - 9780300129243
SN  - 0300129246
SN  - 030010426X
SN  - 9780300104264
SN  - 1281729566
SN  - 9781281729569
KW  - Earp, Wyatt, : 1848-1929.
KW  - Earp, Wyatt, : 1848-1929 : Trials, litigation, etc.
KW  - Earp, Wyatt, : 1848-1929
KW  - Peace officers : Arizona : Tombstone : Biography.
KW  - Outlaws : Arizona : Tombstone : History : 19th century.
KW  - Trials (Murder) : Arizona : Tombstone.
KW  - Violence : Arizona : Tombstone : History : 19th century.
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life : Arizona : Tombstone.
KW  - Tombstone (Ariz.) : History : 19th century.
KW  - Tombstone (Ariz.) : Biography.
KW  - Gardiens de la paix : Arizona : Tombstone : Biographies.
KW  - Hors-la-loi : Arizona : Tombstone : Histoire : 19e siècle.
KW  - Procès (Meurtre) : Arizona : Tombstone.
KW  - Violence : Arizona : Tombstone : Histoire : 19e siècle.
KW  - HISTORY : State & Local.
KW  - HISTORY : General.
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life
KW  - Outlaws
KW  - Peace officers
KW  - Trials (Murder)
KW  - Violence
KW  - Arizona : Tombstone
KW  - 1800-1899
KW  - Biographies
KW  - History
KW  - Trials, litigation, etc.
KW  - Biographies.
ER  -