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And, in the end, unlike liberty valances editor, the movie. Wyatt wanted flood, an engineer, to locate more mines in the mojave. Flood, to write his memoirs, which received a poor reception during his lifetime. The life behind the legend, a biography that does con siderable justice to. Wyatt earp speaks wyatt earp, john richard stephens. She met wyatt in 1881 in the frontier boom town of tombstone, arizona territory, when she was living with johnny behan, sheriff of cochise county, arizona. Flood and earp submitted the 348page manuscript to multiple. Wyatt earp and the buntline special myth kansas historical. While wyatt sipped a drink and smoked a cigar, they tried to tell earps story. His life and many legends, allen barra, carroll and graf 1998. The earpflood map and flood account of this event is by far the most detailed and accurate when it comes to the study of this incident. Josie insisted floods writing make wyatt look just about a saint.

Originally published by the respected university of arizona press, it is the second bestselling book about western deputy u. Wyatt earp the life behind the legend by casey terfertiller. Join facebook to connect with john earp and others you may know. He worked in a wide variety of trades throughout his life and took part in the famous gunfight at the o. Eventually this manuscript was used by stuart lake as the genesis for his classic book wyatt earp. The drawing placed participants and selected witnesses on fremont street in tombstone, and earp annotated it with lines indicating how the participants moved during the 30second shootout. Wyatt earp and doc holliday gunned down stilwell on march 1882 in defense of the earp family. The two men sat together every sunday in the kitchen of earps modest, rented bungalow. Wyatt earp, bat masterson, and the wickedest town in the american west. Wyatt earp, now an icon in western history, fiction and film, came late to that position. Wyatts story would reach bestseller status when stuart lakes wyatt earp. Flood, wyatt earps secretary and biographer, josephine earp includes a postscript in which she says, oh, how i miss mr.

Originally written in 1926 and never released for publication, this is wyatt earps biography as told to john henry flood, jr. In tombstone, arizona territory, earp took part in the gunfight at near the o. But wyatt felt honor bound to keep the project with john flood, as they were very close and flood had spent a great deal of effort working on this, even traveling with wyatt to tombstone in the 1920s, secretly. A biography about wyatt earp that when law was in the holster. Flood, wyatt earp s secretary and biographer, josephine earp includes a postscript in which she says, oh, how i miss mr. Supressed murder of wyatt eap by glenn boyer more easily available are. His i married wyatt earp, an autobiographical account by josephine marcus e was published by the. From 1904 until wyatts death, john flood served as his mining partner and secretary. Ironically wyatt earp, who, according to some writers, killed ringo but in reality did not, gained immortality in gun. Wyatt talked friend, john flood, into writing his biography. An iliad of the southwest, because earp wasnt happy that he himself wasnt made the central character.

The imperfections you may see on this photo will appear on the reprint you will receive. In shorthand, flood methodically transcribed wyatt earps dictated life story. Best book about wyatt earp sass wire sass wire forum. Limited versions have been put out over the years, but. While working as a prop boy, john wayne met wyatt earp. Wyatt earp by wyatt earp the flood manuscript wyatt earp the biography by tim fattig. In the latter part of earp s life, he worked feverishly to tell his version of his lifes story. For nearly 100 years, those shorthand notesalong with an early typed manuscript of earps biography and photos of the last years of the earps liveshave been in. But the language he used in the biography was overblown, florid, stilted and so badly written that nobody would publish it. John flood on the last page of the 348 page manuscript on wyatt. A last photo of wyatt earp old west photos, old photos. It is known as the flood manuscript, written by earp confidant and unpaid secretary john h. Marshal, deputy sheriff, and deputy town marshal in the old west. Online shopping from a great selection at books store.

Originally written in 1926 and never released for publication, this is wyatt earp s biography as told to john henry flood, jr. He made an impact on the young actor who later credited his walk, talk, and persona to his acquaintance with wyatt earp and on one occasion he reportedly said, earp was the man who had actually done the things in his life that i was. While most people are aware of wyatts legendary time in tombstone, arizona with his brothers and notorious friend, john doc holliday, most dont much about him after he left the region. The conversation was as wyatt earp had spoken at the time. Wyatt earp was an instrument of change, a transition figure from the traditional frontier to the modern west, epitomizing the individualism, mobility, materialism, and violence that characterized the gilded age. Earps initial efforts at getting his life story into print with the help of john flood, failed. Flood, a former mining engineer, was not much of a writer and when this book was submitted to numerous publishers, all declined. Books about wyatt earp 42 items inventing wyatt earp. Earp declined, saying the flood book was done and he had high hopes for it. Other folks will, no doubt, chime in with better historical narratives. Flood took a strong liking to wyatt and became his personal secretarynot that he ever got paid. Wyatt earps sketch of the gunfight at the ok corral.

Earp later told john flood he had used this gun in the street fight with the clantons and mclaurys. Corral, during which lawmen killed three outlaws he is often regarded as the central figure in the shootout in tombstone, but his brother virgil was tombstone city. Following on the success of i married wyatt earp, boyer published over the next 30 years a stream of apparently wellresearched and provocatively reasoned papers. Another biography of wyatt but with added material on. The 1976 book i married wyatt earp was published as a memoir of his widow josephine earp, but after 23 years as a bestselling nonfiction book, was described as a fraud, creative exercise, and a hoax. Aug 25, 2017 in most of the 25plus movies that depict earp, the story begins on that day when our hero accepted his first job as a trail town deputy. Earp did not leave his family in illinois to seek excitement on the fabled frontier. Unlike stuart lake, wyatt earp never mentioned a colt buntline special at any time. Lake was given that manuscript and had some interviews with wyatt. Director john ford worked as an apprentice on the studio lots about the time that wyatt earp used to visit friends on the set, and ford later claimed he reconstructed the gunfight at the o. Ironically, while almost every character john wayne ever played was basically wyatt earp, he never actually played the character of wyatt earp.

Burns wanted to tackle wyatts story, but stubborn, loyal wyatt still pinned his hopes on flood. Starting in 1925, flood attempted to write an authorized biography of earps life, based on earps recollections as told to flood. But what if the author were the famed frontier lawman wyatt earp, and the man sending his booklength autobiography around was western silent film idol. Josephine earp and her relationship to wyatt became known after amateur historian glenn boyer published his book, i married wyatt earp, based on a manuscript allegedly written in part by her. Wyatt earp was a foot soldier in what historian robert h. Wyatt earp c 1890 rare photo gunfighter lawman sheriff gambler dodge city 20553 for sale online peer into the past wyatt earp circa 1890 wyatt earp, before copy of photo. Peterson is directly contradicted by john flood himself. He tells them that hes now working on a book on doc holliday, that he needs wyatts help with, as doc has long since died. Wyatt berry stapp earp march 19, 1848 january, 1929 was a deputy u. The abiding influence of wyatt earp on john wayne american. Stuart lakes wyatt earp frontier marshal is not the best earp book from a factualhistorical context, but is the one which is probably most responsible for the promotion of the wyatt earp legend.

I do not see markings in the book but i did not look at each page. Library edition by tom clavin and john bedford lloyd 28 feb 2017 5. Walter noble burns published the saga of billy the kid in 1926, and when burns approached wyatt about writing his lifes story, earp turned him down to stay with what flood had come up with. Jun 24, 1994 wyatt earp is a fascinating ride to a west where darkness and heroism mingle, a triumph for kasdan, costner, quaid and the company. You know, for the past twentyfive years i have functioned as wyatt earps secretary, and since his death on jan.

Wyatt berry stapp earp march 19, 1848 january, 1929 was an old west lawman and gambler in cochise county, arizona territory, and a deputy marshal in tombstone. Wyatt had yet to learn that floods writing style for the book was stilted and very hard to read and be enjoyed. Hart learned of the visit and further cautioned earp on september 9, 1926, but my dear friend, wyatt earp, it burns saga of billy the kid was copped in many instances word for word from a story published many years ago by charlie siringo called the life of. Earp already had a manuscript, but it was hopelessly unreadable even though he had spent years pouring out his story to its writer, john flood. It wasnt until wyatt earp s death that the world recognized him as one of the last, great frontier lawman.

But wyatt earp was working on a book that the movie of his life was to be based on, and he collaborated with his longtime friend and attempted biographer, john flood. Only wyatt earp 1994, starring kevin costner and directed by lawrence kasdan, reveals the truth, the whole truth. Boyers book was considered a factual memoir, and cited by scholars, studied in classrooms, and used as a source by filmmakers for 32 years. Weibe called the search for order in the late nineteenth century. It wasnt until wyatt earps death that the world recognized him as one of the last, great frontier lawman. Frontier marshal hit the shelves in 1931, but the old lawman wouldn. For nearly 100 years, those shorthand notesalong with an early typed manuscript of earps biography and photos of the last years of the earps liveshave been in private hands. Wyatt earp as everybody thinks they know about him, was a law abiding lawman. In the 1993 movie tombstone, doc holliday portrayed by actor val kilmer is depicted as a good guy at heart, helping wyatt earp to keep order and law in the dangerous old west town of tombstone, arizona. Jun 25, 20 wyatt earp as everybody thinks they know about him, was a law abiding lawman. Corral, during which lawmen killed three outlaw cochise county cowboys. Wyatt earp project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. During the 1920s wyatt earp dictated his life story to his secretary and business partner, a gay mining engineer named john flood. Wyatt earp is the central figure who embodies the old west experience.

There had been an attempt while wyatt was still alive to write a life story. The only person who could tell it is wyatt earp and hes not talking. Encouraged by william s hart, john flood, a mining engineer who had met the earps in 1906 and who was an expert typist, interviewed them at length and came up with an indescribably bad manuscript that made the dime novels look tame. While most people are aware of wyatts legendary time in tombstone, arizona, with his brothers and notorious friend, john doc holliday, most dont much about him after he left the region. Meanwhile, a chicago journalist, walter noble burns, who. Earp was the fourth of eight children born to nicholas earp and his second wife, virginia ann cooksey. He is responsible for the publication of big nose kates memoirs as well as the longsought flood manuscript written with wyatt earp s direct input. Wyatt earp simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Although submitted to several publishing houses, this work never hit the bookshelves.

John flood and wyatt earp surely youve heard authors bemoan getting enough rejection slips from publishers to paper a room. The dust cover has a big tear on the front top cover. The documents include correspondence primarily between josephine earp and john h. Flood also decided to write wyatts biographyonly flood was a lousy writer. Wyatt earp, in full wyatt berry stapp earp, born march 19, 1848, monmouth, illinois, u. Supposed to be a photo from around 1890 of wyatt earp. According to wyatts autobiography, a curious document written by his friend john flood, a man named charles chrisman opened a competing line and hired wyatt as a freighter.

Wyatt earp and doc holliday gunned down stilwell on march 20, 1882 in defense of the earp family. Director john ford hired john wayne as a prop boy and extra, so he had the opportunity to meet wyatt earp. This hardback book wyatt earp speaks is preowned and is in very good condition. But really more importantly, while i talk about the question of some of my source material, ill look at wyatt earps biography by stuart n. Wyatt earp 18481929 was a wild west frontiersmen best known for his participation in a notorious gunfight at the o. The young wyatt earp at age 21, taken about 1869, probably in lamar, missouri. The life behind the legend casey tefertiller, john wiley and sons 1997.

Lakes wyatt earp, frontier marshal 1931, written with earps collaboration, established the rather fictionalized portrait of a fearless lawman. The book which created the greatest myth of the old west. First came the 1930 sound epic the big trail, a boxoffice disaster and potential careerkiller. This chapter is on the wyatt earp and clay allison shootout in dodge city, ks. An iliad of the southwest became another bestseller. The author, a retired air force officer, has written several books about earl. Apr 04, 2012 it is known as the flood manuscript, written by earp confidant and unpaid secretary john h. Later wyatt earp tried to stop publication of burns book, tombstone. Flood undertook the majority of the drawing under direction from earp, with earp occasionally dotannotating. It is said that stuart lake bought up copies of the document. Flood, in his unpublished 1926 manuscript wyatt earp biography for which many details came from wyatt himself said that johnson was an old friend of the earps when they came to tombstone, and this fits with the fact of johnsons presence on the train to protect virgil as he left tombstone for the last time, march 20, 1882.

John clum had graciously given this finely engraved nickleplated revolver to wyatt as a gift. Then, wyatt recalled, chrisman and he set out for julesburg, colorado, where chrisman won grading contracts with the union pacific railroad. When earp passed away on january 16, 1929, hollywood myth places young duke as one of his pallbearers. In the latter part of earps life, he worked feverishly to tell his version of his lifes story. Buffalo bill cody, wyatt earp, doc holliday, wild bill hickok, calamity jane, jesse james, billy the kid, butch cassidy and the sundance kid. Wyatt earp is a fascinating ride to a west where darkness and heroism mingle, a triumph for kasdan, costner, quaid and the company. Troy taylor after tombstone the last days of wyatt earp. In floods defense, it should be noted that he was earning his keep as a bookkeeper in those days and didnt have any experience with the kind of books with words in them. For nearly 100 years, those shorthand notesalong with an early typed manuscript of earp s biography and photos of the last years of the earps liveshave been in private hands. But what if the author were the famed frontier lawman wyatt earp, and the man sending his booklength autobiography around was western silent film idol william s.

The 1881 gunfight saw us frontier lawman wyatt earp, his two brothers and doc holliday take on the clanton and mclaury brothers and billy the kid claiborne in tombstone, arizona territory. The statues of doc holliday and wyatt earp at the tucson, arizona train depot are located near the site where frank stilwell was killed. Flood, jr, related to floods biography of wyatt earp. January 16, 1878 march 29, 1958 was a mining engineer who worked as wyatt earps unpaid personal secretary late in earps life, completing the only authorized biography of earp.