Ride the Devil's Herd

Wyatt Earp's Epic Battle Against the West's Biggest Outlaw Gang

De: John Boessenecker

Narrado por: Stephen Graybill

Duración: 14 h y 17 m

Resumen del Editor

The little-known story of how a young Wyatt Earp, aided by his brothers, defeated the Cowboys, the Old West’s biggest outlaw gang.

Wyatt Earp is regarded as the most famous lawman of the Old West, best known for his role in the Gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. But the story of his two-year war with a band of outlaws known as the Cowboys has never been told in full.

The Cowboys were the largest outlaw gang in the history of the American West. After battles with the law in Texas and New Mexico, they shifted their operations to Arizona. There, led by Curly Bill Brocius, they ruled the border, robbing, rustling, smuggling, and killing with impunity until they made the fatal mistake of tangling with the Earp brothers.

Drawing on groundbreaking research into territorial and federal government records, John Boessenecker’s Ride the Devil’s Herd reveals a time and place in which homicide rates were 50 times higher than those today. The story still bears surprising relevance for contemporary America, involving hot-button issues such as gang violence, border security, unlawful immigration, the dangers of political propagandists parading as journalists, and the prosecution of police officers for carrying out their official duties. Wyatt Earp saw it all in Tombstone.

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©2020 John Boessenecker (P)2020 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited

Enlightened

Impressive.
Especially the warning at the end, confirming the old saw about those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Long but good

A little long, but it's a great, easy listen that I found fun to listen to bit by bit over a couple of months.

Fascinating……

This book filled in a whole lot of blanks for me. If you’re interested in forming your own opinion of this story…. There is a whole lot of valuable perspective here. Enjoyed it greatly.

Fascinating

Mr. Boessenecker has outdone himself again. After his masterpiece on Frank Hamer, I was really hoping this would compare. It did. He, once again, struck a fair balance of the heroic with all their warts. In doing so, he proves that true history, i.e. stories backed by facts and logic, is more interesting, entertaining and fascinating than the legend that has been passed down.
The only downside to listening is the narrator’s inexcusable mispronunciations of certain towns (along with my petty hang-up of the way he says “county”; which is repeated a hundred times over). You will not regret listening to/reading this book. Bravo!

Great as always

Last few minutes is very true. Flawed hero’s and justice often go hand in hand.

thumbs up

great book. it puts you right into the actual gunfight's. very pleased. If you're into western history this book will put you there.

They don't make men like these anymore....

I was hooked from the get go... What a time and way of life all of the people in this book endured. How far we have fallen in some respects and how far we've come in others...

A great listen for anyone..

Solid historical, well researched

The Earps were a lot of things. This book doesn’t sugar coat any of it.

Horrible narration, huge disappointment

Stephen Graybill took an exciting book and turned it to a bore fest, so much so I went and bought the book. If I was the author I would be spitting bullets that this man made my book so dull. He provides no voices and had such a monotone voice, made the entire experience painful. Wyatt Earps life was filled with so much joy, tragedy, excitement but you don’t get any of that.A huge disappointment only on the narrative. The author fabulous story. DO NOT WASTE YOUR CREDIT on this reading of the book.

Evan's Review

I really enjoyed this book. Never had really heard the true story of the Earps and the cowboy except for the movie based losely on the characters. So it was good to learn the history of these people and the events that transpired during our history. I strongly recommend this book.