John Stephens

By and about the greatest celebrities of frontier America, these are the stories of their adventures told in their own words through excerpts from autobiographies, articles they wrote, newspaper interviews, private journals, personal letters, and court testimony. These glimpses into the worlds of these legendary figures as they describe their own personal experiences, impressions, what life in the frontier West was like, reveal the roles they played...

Now find out what really happened at the infamous gunfight near the O.K. Corral-one of the largest shootouts in Wild West history. This comprehensive look at the shootout explains the causes of the gunfight, what happened during the fight, and the bloody vendetta that followed. The gunfight erupted when three of the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday confronted a group of five rustlers who were waiting outside Doc's lodgings. Approximately thirty seconds...

By and about the greatest celebrities of frontier America, these are the stories of their adventures told in their own words through excerpts from autobiographies, articles they wrote, newspaper interviews, private journals, personal letters, and court testimony. These glimpses into the worlds of these legendary figures as they describe their own personal experiences, impressions, what life in the frontier West was like, reveal the roles they played...