Wyatt Earp: The OK Corral and the Law of the American West
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\ VOYABorn in 1848 into a large, impoverished clan that had settled in the frontier town of Monmouth, Illinois, Wyatt Earp learned early to fend for himself. A cowboy, a railroad worker, a deputy marshal, and a deputy sheriff, he moved extensively and often, seeking better fortune. His personal code of fierce pride and unswerving loyalty to friends and family was the impetus behind his famous 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, and was the true law of the American West. Among the books in this series, "The Library of American Lives and Times", are discussions of Stephen F. Austin, Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Fulton, Alexander Hamilton, Sam Houston, Robert E. Lee, Dolley Madison, and Phillis Wheatley. Each volume begins with a full-page, sometimes color, picture of the subject and ends with a time line and additional resources that include Web sites. The opening pages provide background information to explain the subject's importance, followed by a chronological treatment of the person's life, liberally augmented with photographs and maps. Attractively bound with glossy paper and large print, these books use simple vocabulary and straightforward prose suitable for upper elementary and middle school readers. Thorough and well researched, they make fine additions to early American history collections. Glossary. Index. Illus. Photos. Maps. Biblio. Further Reading. Chronology. VOYA Codes: 4Q 4P M J (Better than most, marred only by occasional lapses; Broad general YA appeal; Middle School, defined as grades 6 to 8; Junior High, defined as grades 7 to 9). 2003, Rosen, 112p. PLB \ — Laura Woodruff\ \
