Download The McLaurys in Tombstone, Arizona: An O.K. Corral Obituary, A. C. Greene Series AudioBook Free
On a chilly October afternoon in 1881, two brothers named Tom and Frank McLaury were gunned down on the roadways of Tombstone, Arizona, by the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday. The dangerous event became known as the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and in a quirk of destiny, the brothers' brands became well-known, but only as bad men and outlaws. Did they deserve that reputation? The McLaurys in Tombstone, Arizona: An O.K. Corral Obituary explores this question, revealing information on their family background and the context with their lives on the frontier. Paul Lee Johnson commences their history with the McLaury brothers' decision to go into the cattle business with an ambition to possess their own ranch. If they moved to Arizona, they finally achieved that goal, but along the way they became enmeshed with the cross-border dark market that was flourishing there. As "genuine ranchers", these were in business with both criminal element as well as the genuine businesses in Tombstone. Another primary in this history was an older sibling, William, who set aside his legislations practice in Fort Price to settle his brothers' affairs, and associated himself with the prosecution of the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday. Despite his work, the Earps and Holliday were exonerated, and the "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" became the beginning salvo of any feud that took several more lives. Johnson has interviewed family descendants and mined their options, administration correspondence, and characters that have nothing you've seen prior been published to show you the man lives behind the storied happenings. For the very first time the happenings of the O.K. Corral gunfight are presented from the viewpoint of the McLaurys, two brothers who lost their lives and reputations, and a family who tried in vain to find restitution. The book is published by College or university of North Texas Press.
