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Informationen zum Autor After teaching at Texas and Montana colleges, and contributing to numerous journals, Shirley Ayn Linder now lives in Midland, Texas, where she continues to study and write on the history of the old West. Klappentext The legend of Doc Holliday is now well past a century old. While his time on earth was brief, troubled and filled with pain, his legend took wings and flew. Beginning with his part in the now famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Denver newspapers first told his story in the late 19th century. They, followed by words of Wyatt Earp, grasped the glimmer of his tale. So enamored was the public that by 1939 he was a literary icon and his character had appeared in eight films. Historians, authors, screenwriters and eventually television refined the legend, which reached its apex perhaps with the 1993 film Tombstone. Doc Holliday's image has neither dimmed nor wavered in the 21st century. Broadway, country music and art join with literature and film to continue his mystique as the personification of a surviving legend of the U.S. West. Zusammenfassung "The legend of Doc Holliday! now in its third century! began with his part in the now famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Denver newspapers first told his story in the late 19th century. By 1939 he was a literary icon and his character had appeared in eight films. Historians! authors! screenwriters and television have refined the legend"-- Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword by Paul A. HuttonPrefaceIntroductionOne-Facts and Early FantasiesTwo-The Legend BeginsThree-The Great DepressionFour-The War YearsFive-The Glory DaysSix-The Tragic SixtiesSeven-The Sinking SeventiesEight-The Ignoble EightiesNine-The Legendary West at the Turn of the CenturyTen-Doc Holliday in the New MillenniumChapter NotesFilmographyBibliographyIndex
