Virgil Earp : Western peace officer /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Chaput, Donald.
Imprint:	Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1996.
Description:	x, 255 p.
Language:	English
Subject:	Earp, Virgil, -- -1905. Earp family. Earp family. Earp, Virgil, -- -1905 Peace officers -- Southwest, New -- Biography. Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, New. Law enforcement -- Southwest, New -- History -- 19th century. Frontier and pioneer life. Law enforcement. Peace officers. Southwest, New -- Biography. Southwest, New. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2467236

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ISBN:	080612881X (alk. paper)
Notes:	Originally published: Encampment, Wyo. : Affiliated Writers of America, c1994. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Chaput's well-supported view is that many of the exploits popularly thought to be Wyatt Earp's should instead be attributed to his older brother, Virgil. Chaput traces the history of the restless Earp clan from the Prairie States to the Arizona Territory, sorting out the historical record with care; he is particularly enlightening, and entertaining, on the famous Tombstone altercation, otherwise known as the shootout at the O.K. Corral. Wyatt was there, but he was working for his brother, the city marshal, and it was Virgil who ran the show.

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Virgil Earp : Western peace officer /

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