American Deputy Sheriffs - Steven Seagal, Erik Estrada, Wyatt Earp, Ilario Pantano, Guy Bradley, Johnny Behan, Virgil Earp (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 58. Chapters: Steven Seagal, Erik Estrada, Wyatt Earp, Ilario Pantano, Guy Bradley, Johnny Behan, Virgil Earp, Mysterious Dave Mather, Richard Jewell, William H. Steele, William Jesse McDonald, Wesley Pomeroy, Cecil Price, Steven Jay Russell, Henry Dodge, Stacy Dittrich, Chuck Quackenbush, George Peppin, William Sidney "Cap" Light, Chris Reyka, A. DeWade Langley, Ted Hinton, Margaret Q. Adams, Billy Breakenridge, Curt Hagman, William Larkin Stiles, Reggie Dupre, Steve Sodders, George Maledon, Allan Mansoor, Julius D. Canns, Michael Kallman, Sue Rahr, John Blake, Jr., Jim McIntire, Undersheriff, George Bell. Excerpt: Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 - January 13, 1929) was an American gambler, investor, and law enforcement officer who served in several Western frontier towns. He was also at different times a farmer, teamster, bouncer, saloon-keeper, miner and boxing referee. He is most well known for his part in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral during which three outlaw Cowboys were killed. The 30-second gunfight would define the rest of his life. Earp's modern-day reputation is that of Old West's "toughest and deadliest gunman of his day." Earp spent his early life in Iowa. After his first wife, Urilla Sutherland Earp, died he was arrested, sued twice, escaped from jail, and was arrested three times for "keeping and being found in a house of ill-fame." He landed in the cattle boomtown of Wichita, Kansas where he became a deputy marshal for one year and developed a solid reputation as a lawman. In 1876 he followed his brother James to Dodge City, Kansas where he became an assistant marshal. In the winter of 1878 he went to Texas to gamble where he met John Henry "Doc" Holliday whom Earp credited with saving his life. Continually drawn to boomtowns and opportunity, Earp left Dodge City in 1879 and with his brothers James and V...