This changed only after his death when the flattering biography Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal by Stuart N. Lake was published in 1931, becoming a bestseller and creating his reputation as a fearless lawman.

Nov 14, 2025 · Wyatt Earp was a legendary frontiersman of the American West. He was an itinerant saloonkeeper, gambler, lawman, gunslinger, and confidence man, but he is perhaps best known for …

Nov 6, 2009 · Wyatt Earp, one of the most famous figures to emerge from the colorful 19th-century history of the American West, is best remembered known for his participation in a notorious 1881 …

Feb 7, 2025 · Explore Wyatt Earp's legendary life as a lawman and his famous role in the O.K. Corral gunfight, along with his family, marriage, and legacy.

Apr 3, 2014 · Wyatt Earp was a frontiersman, marshal and gambler. After moving to Tombstone, Arizona, he got into a feud, which ended in a gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Widowed at the age of twenty-two, Earp opted for a life of adventure, heading to the Great Plains, where he spent most of the time from 1871 to 1873 hunting buffalo. During the summer of 1873 Earp lived …

American police officer, deputy sheriff and shooter. Wyatt Earp was born in Iowa and spent his early years in poverty. His first wife tragically died during childbirth, and the next few years were …