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Winner of the Best Book Award by the Wild West History Association
A ripsnortin' ramble across the bloodstained Arizona desert with Wyatt Earp and company… A pleasure for thoughtful fans of Old West history, revisionist without being iconoclastic. —Kirkus Reviews
Wyatt Earp is regarded as the most famous lawman of…
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Boessenecker has achieved a fine reputation for honesty and thoroughness in his research. He has also learned how to structure his books to carry a reader forward like a novel.
His book puts into scope how major an event it was for Wyatt Earp to go up against the organized crime gang (known as the “cow-boys”) that had corrupted Southern Arizona. Many of these outlaws had drifted west from New Mexico after taking part in the bloodbath called the Lincoln County War.
Ride the Devil’s Herd is more than a history book. It’s a great ride in itself.
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