The McLaurys in Tombstone, Arizona [electronic resource] : an O. K. Corral obituary / by Paul Lee Johnson.
By: Johnson, Paul Lee.
Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm).
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BookSeries: A.C. Greene series: 12.Publisher: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2012Edition: 1st ed.Description: xv, 380 p. : ill., maps.Subject(s): 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 centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 979.1/53 Online resources: Click to View | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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