Doc Holliday in Film and Literature

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by Shirley Ayn Linder

Type

Studies

Subject

Genre > Western

Keywords

western, characters

Publishing date

2014

Publisher

McFarland & Co

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 200 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7864-7335-9

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Book Presentation:
The legend of Doc Holliday is now well past a century old. While his time on earth was brief, troubled and filled with pain, his legend took wings and flew. Beginning with his part in the now famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Denver newspapers first told his story in the late 19th century. They, followed by words of Wyatt Earp, grasped the glimmer of his tale. So enamored was the public that by 1939 he was a literary icon and his character had appeared in eight films. Historians, authors, screenwriters and eventually television refined the legend, which reached its apex perhaps with the 1993 film Tombstone. Doc Holliday’s image has neither dimmed nor wavered in the 21st century. Broadway, country music and art join with literature and film to continue his mystique as the personification of a surviving legend of the U.S. West.

About the Author:
After teaching at Texas and Montana colleges, and contributing to numerous journals, Shirley Ayn Linder now lives in Midland, Texas, where she continues to study and write on the history of the old West.

Press Reviews:
"recommended"—ARBA
"fascinating…most entertaining"—Western Clippings
"the book is charming, informative, and pleasantly humorous in its pursuit of Holliday through history and popular culture"—Western Historical Quarterly
"a fun read, an excellent critical study, and literary and film history"—The Journal of Arizona History

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