Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson by Bill Markley

Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson by Bill Markley

Which lawman did the most to tame the frontier, Bat Masterson or Wyatt Earp? Neither of them was a saint. At times their actions were not in compliance with the law, and they only served as peace officers for limited portions of their lives. What sets them apart from the thousands of sheriffs and marshals who served on America's frontier? Did they make more arrests than others? Did they kill large numbers of men? Did they lead adventurous lives? Was it their character? Was there just the right ring to their names that led people to remember them? Did they get the right publicity at the right time? Did they just outlive all the others? Or was it a combination of these factors? This joint biography reveals the intersection of their legacies and attempts to answer the questions about their place in the story of the West. .

History has fascinated Bill Markley since childhood on the family farm near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Moving to Pierre, South Dakota, in 1976, to work for South Dakota’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources, he immersed himself in local history leading to participating in films such as Dances With Wolves. Bill has written a novel Deadwood Dead Men, three Western nonfiction books, and for True West and Wild West magazines. Bill is WWA’s Membership Chairman, writes Roundup’s Techno-Savvy Column, and served on the Board of Directors. In 2015 Bill was sworn in as an honorary Dodge City Marshal. Bill and his wife Liz live in Pierre where they have raised two grown children.

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ISBN 13	9781493035670
ISBN 10	1493035673
Title	Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson
Author	Bill Markley
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Globe Pequot Press
Year published	2019-07-01
Number of pages	240
Prizes	Short-listed for Will Rogers Medallion Award, Western Nonfiction 2020 (United States)
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.