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Opening in the settlement of Long Grass, Texas-not quite in Kansas, and nearly New Mexico-we encounter the taciturn Wyatt, whiling away his time in between bottles, and the dentist-turned-gunslinger Doc, more adept at poker than extracting teeth. Hailed as heroes for their days of subduing drunks in Abilene and Dodge-more often with a mean look than a pistol-Wyatt and Doc are living out the last days of a way of life that is passing into history,...
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©2013
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Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holiday, John Wesley Hardin. Theyre all here in this award-winning film that separates the fact from the fiction about these and many other legends of the West.Nominated for two Emmy awards and Winner of the prestigious WESTERN HERITAGE AWARD for Best Television Feature, Legends of the American West utilizes archival and vintage photos, footage, classic art and spectacular dramatic reenactments to tell the...
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2021.
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"At times, the black-hatted "villains" and white-hatted "good guys" of the Old West were one and the same. Often it was difficult, if not impossible, to distinguish who was who. Sheriff Wyatt Earp stole horses and ran brothels. Albuquerque's first town marshal, Milton Yarberry, was accused of murder and subsequently "jerked to Jesus." Burt Alvord, town marshal of Willcox, Arizona, and friends, robbed a train. Alvord then deputized these same friends...
8) Wyatt Earp
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Pub. Date
2016
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Wyatt Earp is a legend of America's Wild West. Books, movies, and television shows portray him as a fearless lawman who was quick with a gun and able to take down outlaws in one gunfight after another. The truth is that Wyatt Earp rarely had to shoot to keep the Wild West's outlaws under control.