Tombstone

The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell

By: Tom Clavin

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the OK Corral, by the New York Times best-selling author of Dodge City and Wild Bill.

On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, eight men clashed in what would be known as the most famous shootout in American frontier history. Thirty bullets were exchanged in 30 seconds, killing three men and wounding three others.

The fight sprang forth from a tense, hot summer. Cattle rustlers had been terrorizing the back country of Mexico and selling the livestock they stole to corrupt ranchers. The Mexican government built forts along the border to try to thwart American outlaws, while Arizona citizens became increasingly agitated. Rustlers, who became known as the cow-boys, began to kill each other as well as innocent citizens. That October, tensions boiled over with Ike and Billy Clanton, Tom and Frank McLaury, and Billy Claiborne confronting the Tombstone marshal, Virgil Earp, and the suddenly deputized Wyatt and Morgan Earp and shotgun-toting Doc Holliday.

Best-selling author Tom Clavin peers behind decades of legend surrounding the story of Tombstone to reveal the true story of the drama and violence that made it famous. Tombstone also digs deep into the vendetta ride that followed the tragic gunfight, when Wyatt and Warren Earp and Holliday went vigilante to track down the likes of Johnny Ringo, Curly Bill Brocius, and other cowboys who had cowardly gunned down his brothers. That "vendetta ride" would make the myth of Wyatt Earp complete and punctuate the struggle for power in the American frontier's last boom town.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

“With a former newsman’s nose for the truth, Clavin has sifted the facts, myths, and lies to produce what might be as accurate an account as we will ever get of the old West’s most famous feud." (Associated Press)

©2020 Tom Clavin (P)2020 Macmillan Audio

gripping narrative and perspective

an excellent accounting of an event we all know at least a little about. the narrator was perfect for this book. I will definitely listen to this one again.

Great Audio Book

This has to be without a doubt the absolute best Tombstone audio book ever written and performed. I'm very happy to have purchased it.

Clavin does it again

Clavin is a master at organizing historical details that help his audience understand backstory and the context. In Dodge City and Tombstone he assembles jigsaw puzzles of history. Love his books.

Great detailed accounting

I very much enjoyed this book. Listened to it twice. Great story that most people have never heard of

Great book, would highly recommend

Great narrator and very well written. highly recommended and puts a lot of the myths to bed.

Love the Wild West

Wonderful telling of tombstone , Tom Clavin is awesome author . Great must read

Yes yes yes

Equally informative and entertaining

Very good narration. Gets bogged down a little in setting the historical stage, but once the action begins it's a page turner. If like the Tomb Stone movie, you'll love the real story captured in this book. Buy it!

Amazing story of Tombstone

I’ve always been fascinated by Tombstone and the O.K. Corral and Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday are my favorite western heroes. Hearing the story of Tombstone written by Tom Clavin and brought to life by Johnny Heller was amazing.

It's a daisy!

This is an excellent book as a follow up to the Tombstone & Wyatt Earp movies because of all of the background history of all people involved. Cant wait to listen to again and will probably buy the Book to put on the shelf.
Enjoyed it very much.

Great Listen

Narrator and story were fantastic will listen again in the future.Enjoyable in depth on all the characters