tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post5262306283263446983..comments2024-03-25T11:17:18.130-07:00Comments on Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild West: Forgotten Books: WYATT EARP'S TOMBSTONE VENDETTA by Glenn G. BoyerEvan Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-89819309794938300362013-11-22T11:58:08.731-08:002013-11-22T11:58:08.731-08:00Thanks for the tip, Steve. I'll be hunting THE...Thanks for the tip, Steve. I'll be hunting THE EARP CURSE.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-74449190650621033602013-11-22T11:18:19.223-08:002013-11-22T11:18:19.223-08:00Evan is on the mark in his review of this book, an...Evan is on the mark in his review of this book, and Brian is on the mark in his comments about my good friend, Glenn Boyer. Should you care to peer deeper into the Earpania mire, I suggest Glenn's THE EARP CURSE, which documents his many feuds with many researchers. Glenn just loved a good fight. But the Truth? With Earp, doesn't the mash-up start right at the beginning with ol' Wyatt regaling Lake about how he pistol-whipped Ben Thompson in Ellsworth, so they made Wyatt tiwn marshal...uh, none of which ever happened? As for Tombstone, the various "spins" were starting while the smell of gunpowder still lingered over the fallen bodies...Stephen Mertznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-39364414204512473062013-11-22T06:34:51.469-08:002013-11-22T06:34:51.469-08:00I agree with Brian Drake. Although I am not an Ear...I agree with Brian Drake. Although I am not an Earp aficionado, I have run into the very same, rolling of the ball, with my own research into my great grandfather, Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith. <br /><br />My 'Glenn Boyer' is Cathy Spude, author of <i>That Fiend in Hell: The Legend of Soapy Smith</i> of which I have had to dig much deeper into my research in order to prove/disprove her agenda based work. On one hand I wish she would just disappear, yet, I also have to thank her for forcing me to dig deeper for the truth, which, in the end, is what all historians are looking for.<br /><br />Jeff Smith<br />author of <i>Alias Soapy Smith: The Life and Death of a Scoundrel</i>Jeff Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680146273701688630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-71229647615095439322013-11-22T04:59:05.829-08:002013-11-22T04:59:05.829-08:00As an Earp fan myself, it's hard to mention Bo...As an Earp fan myself, it's hard to mention Boyer's name without stirring the pot. Maybe he indeed made stuff up and mashed other facts together as you describe, but it's safe to say, I think, that without him starting the ball rolling on modern Earp study researchers wouldn't be where they are today, even if most of their work has debunked everything Boyer (and, for the most part, Lake) wrote.Brian Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01233187184688491057noreply@blogger.com