Wyatt Earp The Life Behind The Legend

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WYATT EARP : THE LIFE BEHIND THE LEGEND

Book name : Wyatt Earp , The Life Behind The Legend Author : Casey Tefertiller

Publisher : John Wiley and Sons . Inc Publication date : 1997 Price 19 .95

Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp was born in 19 March 1848 and died in 13 January 1929 . He is most remembered in public perception as a remarkable participant of the famous the Gunfight at the O .K . Corral . In association with this perception the image pf this man is projected as a

Wild West law enforcer . Alongside he was also a saloon keeper and a noted gambler of his time . However , there is more to this person than these perceptions and that is what the author Casey Tefertiller presents us in this book Wyatt Earp , The Life behind the Legend

Initially the author Tefertiller use to write for San Francisco Examiner but later he decided to follow an independent mode of writing a novel of his own . This book is his first venture and it could be mentioned that this is a successful venture too . Tefertiller 's book is based on primary resources and the author tries to present an unbiased view of the legendary figure of the early 20th century in the Wild West . In a way depicting the life of Wyatt Earp is a difficult proposition because there is enough potential that he could be illustrated as a villain and a hero at the same time . And this became eminent during his life span too . As a result the Earp brothers became a cult figure with Wyatt becoming the more prominent of the two . However , it should be mentioned that the process of making him a cult figure was mostly instrumented by film makers , historians and novelists and their representation of this man as a super character thus turning a human into legend

Tefertiller 's method of operation or mode of action in this regard was based on articulate study of personal accounts of a number of individuals of the time . Some of them were enemies of Earp others were friends and few of these personal accounts were written by individuals were mare acquaintances of this man . As a result all the perspectives that could be associated with a person were read , analyzed and evaluated painstakingly by the author Tefertiller . This parameter of formulating a personality is obvious more believable than wring about a legend based on a legend . It is a obvious indication that for Tefertiller the character of the person became more clear and understandable once all these parameters of accounts are taken into consideration . Furthermore to understand the incident of Tombstone , Arizona , the author Tefertiller relied on the details that were published by the news articles of the time regarding this confrontation . This along with the personal accounts helped the writer to uncover the circumstances of the region during the period with much more faith and indulgence

In pursuing the incident in this mode the writer was able...