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Contents: The Will Of McLaury (When Frank and Tom McLaury died in the gunfight near the O.K. Corral, their older brother Will came to Tombstone to bury them and seek justice against the Earps and Doc Holliday); Massacre At Dawn In Arizona Territory (Mexican and white residents of Tucson wanted to strike back at the Apache raiders of the region, so they recruited other Indians for a deadly surprise attack near Fort Grant). Clay Allison: ‘Good-Natured Holy Terror’ (In New Mexico Territory the shootist struck fear in enemies during the Colfax County War, but then he returned to Texas to peacefully raise cows and a family); The Great Diamond Hoax Of 1872 (Two prospectors showed up with uncut diamonds at San Francisco’s Bank of California, intriguing investors and sparking a sparkling con game); Phantom Raiders On The Trinity (Comanches had long terrorized the Texas frontier, and now the self-styled “Lords of the Plains” swooped down on the Fort Worth Army post – or was it a tall tale?) Departments – Editor’s Letter; Weider Reader; Letters; Roundup (Author Paul Lee Johnson considers the Top 10 places to go – not counting saloons – in 1881 Tombstone, and we present News of the West, including the Wild West History Association’s awards and the best Western history books and novels of the past 60 years, according to the 60-year-old Western Writers of America); Interview (Paul Lee Johnson discusses his book The McLaurys In Tombstone, Arizona: An O.K. Corral Obituary); Westerners (Bodie Bill burned down his own Wild West town); Gunfighters And Lawmen (Although Ike Clanton may not have been born to run, he returned to his rustling ways and did some more running after surviving the street fight in Tombstone and Wyatt Earp’s vendetta); Pioneers And Settlers (Wyatt Earp and Josie Marcus Earp spent nearly a half-century together out west, but were they ever officially married and did they have a wedding?); Western Enterprise (The pioneering newspapers in Arizona Territory included The Weekly Arizonian in Tupac and, later, the Tombstone Epitaph, founded by Wyatt Earp supporter John Clum); Art Of The West (California artist Victor Clyde Forsythe had a love of the peaceful desert and an interest in a loud showdown in Tombstone); Indian Life (Not your typical 19th-century American Indian, Eleazar Williams claimed to be the Lost Dauphin and heir to the French throne); Ghost Towns (Founded in 1882, the silver-mining town of Kingston, New Mexico, once hosted 22 saloons and some 7,000 thirsty citizens); Collections (In Taos, New Mexico, visitors can see the home in which Kit Carson lived with his family – now a museum dedicated to the frontiersman); Guns Of The West (The quick-draw action of 1950s TV Westerns, and the real West, inspired the sport of Fast Draw, which led to Cowboy Action Shooting); Reviews (Author Paul Lee Johnson recalls books and movies about Tombstone, with the McLaurys in mind. Plus reviews of another Wyatt Earp biography, a Texas Ranger profile, a tale about the Great Diamond Hoax, a Sugarfoot DVD and a gunslinger game); Go West! (Wyoming’s Grand Tetons soar sky high)
Issue: October 2013
Condition: Very Good