Monday, December 14, 2015

Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp by Ann Kirschner

Review by Bill Brennan for Jewish Book Council

For nearly fifty years—from just before the infamous 1881 gunfight in Tombstone, Arizona, that secured his place in the lore of the Wild West until his death in early 1929—Wyatt Earp shared his life with his Jewish common-law wife, Josephine Sarah Marcus. And thereby hangs the tale that Ann Kirschner tells with affection, zest, and insight in Lady at the O.K. Corral.

Kirschner’s unabashed affection for, and fascination with, the woman who became Mrs.Wyatt Earp are infectious, and her scrupulous regard for historical accuracy in telling her tale is admirable. The latter is probably reflected most notably in the brevity of her treat­ment of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral itself, from which only one witness—Wyatt Earp himself—survived.

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