TY - BOOK AU - Russell,Mary Doria TI - Epitaph: a novel of the O.K. Corral SN - 0062198769 AV - PS3568.U76678 E65 2015 U1 - 813/.54 23 PY - 2015///] CY - New York, NY PB - Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers KW - Earp, Josephine Sarah Marcus KW - Earp, Wyatt, KW - Holliday, John Henry, KW - Gunfights KW - Fiction KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - Arizona KW - Tombstone KW - Peace officers KW - Outlaws KW - fast KW - Westernroman KW - gnd KW - Amerikanisches Englisch KW - Tombstone (Ariz.) KW - Southwest, New KW - Biographical fiction KW - gsafd KW - Historical fiction KW - Western stories N1 - western fiction; amazon N2 - This was America in 1881: a deeply divided nation; vicious politics; a shamelessly partisan media; a president loathed by half the populace. On October 26, when Doc Holliday and the Earp brothers faced off against the Clantons and the McLaurys in Tombstone, Arizona, Wyatt Earp was the last man standing, the only one unscathed. The lies began before the smoke cleared... This is the story of the woman behind the myth: Josephine Sarah Marcus, who loved Wyatt Earp for forty-nine years and who carefully chipped away at the truth until she had crafted the heroic legend that would become the epitaph her husband deserved ER -