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Author Johnson, Paul Lee, 1949-

Title The McLaurys in Tombstone, Arizona [electronic resource] : an O. K. Corral obituary / by Paul Lee Johnson.

Imprint Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2012.

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Edition 1st ed.
Description xv, 380 p. : ill., maps.
Series Number 12 in the A.C. Greene series
A.C. Greene series ; 12.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject McClaughry family.
Outlaws -- Arizona -- Tombstone -- Biography.
Lawyers -- Texas -- Fort Worth -- Biography.
Violence -- Arizona -- Tombstone -- History -- 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- Tombstone.
Tombstone (Ariz.) -- Biography.
Tombstone (Ariz.) -- History -- 19th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781574414509 (cloth alk. paper)
9781574414585 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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