The McLaurys in Tombstone, Arizona : an O. K. Corral obituary / by Paul Lee Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Paul Lee, 1949-

Series:

A.C. Greene series ; 12.

Number 12 in the A.C. Greene series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence.

History.

Lawyers.

Outlaws.

Tombstone (Ariz.)--Biography.

Tombstone (Ariz.).

McClaughry family.

Outlaws--Arizona--Tombstone--Biography.

Lawyers--Texas--Fort Worth--Biography.

Violence--Arizona--Tombstone--History--19th century.

Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona--Tombstone.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Arizona--Tombstone.

Tombstone (Ariz.)--History--19th century.

Texas--Fort Worth.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, [2012]

Contents:

Preface: Fame from the barrel of a gun

The clan McClaughry

The McLaurys in Iowa

War and the failed marriage

William R. McLaury

Buchanan County, Iowa

The McLaury brothers in Arizona

Will McLaury, attorney-at-law

The Arizona frontier

"My name is well known in Arizona"

Border crime

Politics of Arizona and Tombstone

"More havoc than Apaches"

The vexed question

"The grave situation on the border"

Vengeful schemes

Summer storms

Loss in Fort Worth

Deadly ambush

"Glad you are on the alert"

Open hostilities

Indian summer

"Throw up your hands"

"Hurled into eternity"

A charge of murder

"This don't bring back my dead brothers

"The cause of the murder was this"

"I do not like your letter"

"And tales of broken faith"

"I knew they were all down on you"

Habeas corpus

"They would shoot a fellow to see him fall"

"None of the results is satisfactory"

Epilogue: Three McLaury brothers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781574414509

157441450X

9781574414585

1574414585

OCLC:

768792444