Mary Doria Russell, the bestselling, award-winning author of _The Sparrow_ , returns with _Epitaph_. An American _Iliad,_ this richly detailed and meticulously researched historical novel continues the story she began in _Doc_ , following Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday to Tombstone, Arizona, and to the
Epitaph: a novel of the O.K. Corral
β Scribed by Mary Doria Russell
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 324 KB
- Edition
- Uncorrected proof
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0062198785
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β¦ Synopsis
Mary Doria Russell, the bestselling, award-winning author of The Sparrow, returns with Epitaph. An American Iliad, this richly detailed and meticulously researched historical novel continues the story she began in Doc, following Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday to Tombstone, Arizona, and to the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
A deeply divided nation. Vicious politics. A shamelessly partisan media. A president loathed by half the populace. Smuggling and gang warfare along the Mexican border. Armed citizens willing to stand their ground and take law into their own hands. . . .
That was America in 1881.
All those forces came to bear on the afternoon of October 26 when Doc Holliday and the Earp brothers faced off against the Clantons and the McLaurys in Tombstone, Arizona. It should have been a simple misdemeanor arrest. Thirty seconds and thirty bullets later, three officers were wounded and three citizens lay dead in the dirt.
Wyatt Earp was the last man...
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