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Hollywood and the O.K. Corral

Portrayals of the Gunfight and Wyatt Earp

By: Michael F. Blake

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Hollywood and the O.K. Corral

Portrayals of the Gunfight and Wyatt Earp

By: Michael F. Blake

A lot can happen in 30 seconds. In the case of the shoot-out at the O.K. Corral, 30 seconds found three men dead, left two men wounded and ultimately captured the imagination of generations of Americans. Wyatt Earp, an against-all-odds hero who was literally the last man standing; Doc Holliday, Earp's unlikely crony; the tragic tale of the Earp family--all of these elements make the story of the O.K. Corral irresistible to a great many people. Hollywood filmmakers were quick to recognize the legend's attraction--and its potential. As early as 1939 (with the production of Frontier Marshal), moviemakers were recreating the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and its attendant happenings in Tombstone, Arizona, on October 26, 1881. The following decades produced various renderings of the story, some more historically accurate than others but all with the American flair for entertainment. This volume examines eight movie renderings of the legendary gunfight. Produced from 1939 to 1994, these movies each use Wyatt Earp and other real-life characters as their sources. The work focuses on the filmmakers' treatment of the history and the skill with which each balances fact with the necessity of entertainment. The ways in which Wyatt Earp is presented in each film and this portrayal's relationship to the period in which the film was made is also examined in detail. Films discussed are Frontier Marshal (1939), Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die (1942), My Darling Clementine (1946), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), Hour of the Gun (1967), Doc (1971), Tombstone (1993), and Wyatt Earp (1994). Period photographs are also included.

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267

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McFarland

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1476606773

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9781476606774

Franz Liszt

A Research and Information Guide

By: Michael Saffle

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Franz Liszt

A Research and Information Guide

By: Michael Saffle

First published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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544

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0415998395

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9780415998390

The Desert States

By: Michael Schelling Durham

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The Desert States

By: Michael Schelling Durham

Describes historic sites, buildings, and natural wonders in New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah.

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452

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Stewart, Tabori, & Chang

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1556701098

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9781556701092

The American Cowboy

Tribute to a Vanishing Breed

By: Michael Rutherford

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The American Cowboy

Tribute to a Vanishing Breed

By: Michael Rutherford

Pictorial essay of the life of the working cowboy.

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180

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Smithmark Publishers

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0831718242

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9780831718244

Understanding the American Promise, Volume 2

A History: From 1865

By: James L. Roark,Michael P. Johnson,Patricia Cline Cohen,Sarah Stage,Susan M. Hartmann

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Understanding the American Promise, Volume 2

A History: From 1865

By: James L. Roark,Michael P. Johnson,Patricia Cline Cohen,Sarah Stage,Susan M. Hartmann

Understanding the American Promise, Third Edition, features a brief, question-driven narrative that models for students the inquiry-based methods used by historians and features an innovative active learning pedagogy designed to foster greater comprehension of the reading. This book includes a full-color map and art program, new primary documents, and comprehensive supplement options including LaunchPad. It is also enhanced by LearningCurve, our easy-to-assign adaptive learning system that will ensure students come to class prepared.?

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592

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Macmillan Higher Education

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1319042295

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9781319042295

Ike

An American Hero

By: Michael Korda

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Ike

An American Hero

By: Michael Korda

A big, ambitious, and enthralling new biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower, full of fascinating details and anecdotes, which places particular emphasis on his brilliant generalship and leadership in World War Two, and provides, with the advantage of hindsight, a far more acute analysis of his character and personality than any that has previously been available, reaching the conclusion that he was perhaps America's greatest general and one of America's best presidents, a man who won the war and thereafter kept the peace. IKE starts with the story of D–Day, the most critical moment in America's history. It was Hitler's last chance to win the war –– he had the means to destroy the troops on the beaches, but he failed to react quickly enough. The one man who would have reacted quickly and decisively had he been on the spot, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, was home on leave and didn't arrive back at his headquarters until it was too late. It was Ike's plan, Ike's decision, Ike's responsibility. He alone, among all the Allied generals, could win or lose the war in one day, and knew it. But of course there is more to this book than military history. It is a full biography of a remarkable man, ambitious, a late starter, a brilliant leader of men and perhaps the only American general who could command such a difficult coalition, and win the respect of not only his own soldiers, but also those of Great Britain and France, and lead them to a triumphant victory. It is also the story of a remarkable family. Ike grew up in Abilene, Kansas, and the Eisenhowers were Mennonites, who, like the Amish, were deeply committed pacifists, so it is ironic that he went to West Point and became a general, to his mother's horror. It is as well the portrait of a tumultuous and often difficult marriage, for Mamie was every bit as stubborn and forceful as her husband, and it was by no means the sunny, happy marriage that Republican publicists presented to the public when Ike made his first moves towards the presidency. Indeed, behind Ike's big grin and the easy–going, affable personality he liked to project was a very different man, fiercely ambitious, hot–tempered, shrewd, and tightly wound. He was a perfectionist for whom duty always came first, and a man of immense ability. In 1941 he was a soldier who was still an unknown and recently promoted colonel, and just two years later he was a four–star general who had commanded the biggest and most successful amphibious operation in history –– TORCH, the Anglo–American invasion of North Africa. He commanded respect and was dealt as an equal with such world figures as President Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Charles De Gaulle.

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Harper Collins

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0060756659

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Arizona

Studies

By: Virginia Brew,Michael McCabe

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Arizona

Studies

By: Virginia Brew,Michael McCabe

Text book outlines the history of the State of Arizona from pre-history to the present.

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132

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0911981586

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9780911981582

Wyatt Earp

By: Michael E. Goodman

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Wyatt Earp

By: Michael E. Goodman

Profiles Wyatt Earp, a peace officer in the "Wild West" who is remembered for his part in a gunfight at the O.K. Corral, where a dozen men fought, several died, and only Wyatt was not shot.

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The Creative Company

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1583413391

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