Doc Holliday in film and literature /

Doc Holliday in film and literature /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Linder, Shirley Ayn, 1935- author.
Imprint:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
Description:	x, 187 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Holliday, John Henry, -- 1851-1887 -- In motion pictures. Holliday, John Henry, -- 1851-1887 -- In literature. Holliday, John Henry, -- 1851-1887. Literature. Motion pictures.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9951242

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ISBN:	9780786473359 (softcover : alk. paper) 0786473355 (softcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"The legend of Doc Holliday, now in its third century, began with his part in the now famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Denver newspapers first told his story in the late 19th century. By 1939 he was a literary icon and his character had appeared in eight films. Historians, authors, screenwriters and television have refined the legend"--

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
1. Facts and Early Fantasies
2. The Legend Begins
3. The Great Depression
4. The War Years
5. The Glory Days
6. The Tragic Sixties
7. The Sinking Seventies
8. The Ignoble Eighties
9. The Legendary West at the Turn of the Century
10. Doc Holliday in the New Millennium
Chapter Notes
Filmography
Bibliography
Index