Showdown at The OK Corral
The gunfight at the OK Corral is one of the cornerstones of American mythology, having been filmed more often than any other western subject save the story of Billy the Kid. The story of ‘the most famous lawman of the wild west’ started with the gunfight at the OK Corral, but would attain the status of a legend only after the publication of Stuart Lake’s 1931 book Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal. No other incident in the history of the American west is as beclouded in misconception as the century-old Gunfight at the OK Corral involving the Earps and the Clantons. More to come...
The gunfight at the OK Corral is one of the cornerstones of American mythology, having been filmed more often than any other western subject save the story of Billy the Kid. The story of ‘the most famous lawman of the wild west’ started with the gunfight at the OK Corral, but would attain the status of a legend only after the publication of Stuart Lake’s 1931 book Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal. No other incident in the history of the American west is as beclouded in misconception as the century-old Gunfight at the OK Corral involving the Earps and the Clantons. More to come...
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