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A Good Starting Point...
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And you must also consider that "gunfighters" where not as active as you see in movies.. I mean, sometimes their reputation and their myth are far beyond what the historical truth is.
...is Bill O'Neal's Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters. For example, Wyatt Earp is next to the bottom of the "ratings," with no confirmed kills, five gunfights and five "possible killings or assists." Wes Hardin is second from the top, with 11 documented killings, 19 gunfights and one "possible killings or assists."
Thank you,spwenger for recommending that book.I've always been interested in Earp ,who died at the ripe age of 80 in Los Angeles in 1929,probably the record age for the old legends.
Wyatt is buried in a Jewish Cemetary in Colma,California.His wife Josie was Jewish.Good detailed read from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyatt_Earp