Lady at the O.k. Corral
The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 5, 2013
Lady at the O.k.
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- Who it’s for
- Western history comes into focus through Josephine Marcus Earp’s long, vividly varied life.
- Themes
- Ambition and self-invention, Adventure, Devotion
- Genres
- Women's Lives, Lives in Law Enforcement, Southwest U.S. History
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Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp by Ann Kirschner is the definitive biography of a Jewish girl from New York who won the heart of Wyatt Earp. For nearly fifty years, she was the common-law wife of Wyatt Earp: hero of the O.K. Corral and the most famous lawman of the Old West. Yet Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp has nearly been erased from Western lore.
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In this fascinating biography, Ann Kirschner, author of the acclaimed Sala's Gift, brings Josephine out of the shadows of history to tell her tale: a spirited and colorful tale of ambition, adventure, self-invention, and devotion. Reflective of America itself, her story brings us from the post–Civil War years to World War II, and from New York to the Arizona Territory to old Hollywood. In Lady at the O.K. Corral, you’ll learn how this aspiring actress and dancer—a flamboyant, curvaceous Jewish girl with a persistent New York accent—landed in Tombstone, Arizona, and sustained a lifelong partnership with Wyatt Earp, a man of uncommon charisma and complex heroism.
Beyond the Legend
Western history comes into focus through Josephine Marcus Earp’s long, vividly varied life.
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- A woman’s perspective on Western lore
- Ambition, adventure, self-invention, and devotion
Expect
- A life stretching from New York to old Hollywood
- A partnership spanning decades of American change
Where it sits
| Southwest U.S. History | 41% |
|---|---|
| Lives in Law Enforcement | 38% |
| Women's Lives | 38% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Biography & Memoir
- Lives in History
- Political Lives
- Women's Lives
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- Survival Stories
- 19th-Century America
- Midwest History
- Southwest U.S. History
- Authors
- Ann Kirschner
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 5, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Ambition and self-invention · Adventure · Devotion
- Reading lane
- Biography & Memoir