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The McLaurys in Tombstone, Arizona

Johnson, Paul Lee, 1949-

The McLaurys in Tombstone, Arizona an O. K. Corral obituary / [electronic resource] : by Paul Lee Johnson. - 1st ed. - Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (416 p.) - Number 12 in the A.C. Greene series . - A.C. Greene series ; 12. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: Fame from the barrel of a gun -- The clan McClaughry -- The McLaurys in Iowa -- War and the failed marriage -- William R. McLaury -- Buchanan County, Iowa -- The McLaury brothers in Arizona -- Will McLaury, attorney-at-law -- The Arizona frontier -- "My name is well known in Arizona" -- Border crime -- Politics of Arizona and Tombstone -- "More havoc than Apaches" -- The vexed question -- "The grave situation on the border" -- Vengeful schemes -- Summer storms -- Loss in Fort Worth -- Deadly ambush -- "Glad you are on the alert" -- Open hostilities -- Indian summer -- "Throw up your hands" -- "Hurled into eternity" -- A charge of murder -- "This don't bring back my dead brothers -- "The cause of the murder was this" -- "I do not like your letter" -- "And tales of broken faith" -- "I knew they were all down on you" -- Habeas corpus -- "They would shoot a fellow to see him fall" -- "None of the results is satisfactory" -- Epilogue: Three McLaury brothers.

9781574414585


McClaughry family.


Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona--Tombstone.
Violence--History--Arizona--Tombstone--19th century.
Lawyers--Texas--Fort Worth--Biography.
Outlaws--Arizona--Tombstone--Biography.


Tombstone (Ariz.)--History--19th century.
Tombstone (Ariz.)--Biography.


Electronic books.

F819.T6 / J64 2012

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