Univ. of Oklahoma Press 1997

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Tombstone's Epitaph -- 2.) Local brevities -- 3.) Society, churches, and culture -- 4.) Death's doings -- 5.) Guns and women -- 6.) Frontier journalism -- 7.) Fire and storm -- 8.) 'Cow-Boy' curse -- 9.) Lion of Tombstone -- 10.) Vengeance -- 11.) Hangings, legal and otherwise -- 12.) Double crossing desperado -- 13.) 'Why don''t they pump out the water?'

Gathers dying words and epitaphs for politicians, reformers, poets, novelists, gangsters, journalists, actors, philosophers, and military leaders

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Born to the life of a Southern gentleman, Dr. John Henry Holliday arrives on the Texas frontier hoping that the dry air and sunshine of the West will restore him to health. Soon, with few job prospects, Doc Holliday is gambling professionally with his partner, Mária Katarina Harony, a high-strung, classically educated Hungarian whore. In search of high-stakes poker, the couple hits the saloons of Dodge City. And that is where the unlikely friendship of Doc Holliday and a fearless lawman named Wyatt Earp begins— before the gunfight at the O.K. Corral links their names forever in American frontier mythology—when neither man wanted fame or deserved notoriety.

Cemetery Art & Symbolism in North America is a reference book for cemetery offices, funeral directors and taphophiles. The book compiles all the symbolism found on grave markers in North America in graphics along with names, descriptions and meanings. Also included are photographs of the depicted symbols on head stones and markers in cemeteries. This reference is an important reference that took years to compile and create. It is a great addition to anyone library that is interested in cemetery art and symbolism.

32 pp., illustrations. A fine, unread, unblemished copy. This is a very collectible tourist promotional pamphlet published by the Tombstone Epitaph. It tells of residents, some factual some not, who lived and died in early Tombstone.

GRAVEYARD HUMOR is a collection of 250 downright witty, amusing and even hilarious epitaphs. On a tombstone in Wisconsin – “SMALL DOGS AND STAIRS DO NOT MIX – I FELL TO MY DEATH – THE DOG IS FINE”On a tombstone in Buffalo, New York – “YOU’RE STANDING ON MY FACE”On a tombstone in Texas “HERE LIES JEB BROWN – HE LIES HERE BECAUSE – HIS NECK WAS TOO CLOSE TO A ROPE – WHILE HIS FEET – WERE TOO FAR FROM THE GROUND”Just because people have exited this world does not always mean we should feel sad. More than a few of the departed felt the need to leave a little wit and humor behind for the living to enjoy. The epitaphs show a lot of originality and some even take the final and eternal pot shot at those left behind. Sometimes the relative writing the epitaph is taking a last swipe at the person in the grave. On John Belushi’s tombstone in Massachusetts – “I MAY BE GONE BUT ROCK AND ROLL LIVES ON”On Rodney Dangerfield’s tombstone in Los Angeles, California – “THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD”On Mel Blanc’s tombstone in Los Angeles, California – “THAT’S ALL FOLKS”If someone gets one last chance to leave the world a final statement or display... [Read More]

Mary Doria Russell, the bestselling, award-winning author of The Sparrow, returns with Epitaph. An American Iliad, this richly detailed and meticulously researched historical novel continues the story she began in Doc, following Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday to Tombstone, Arizona, and to the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.A deeply divided nation. Vicious politics. A shamelessly partisan media. A president loathed by half the populace. Smuggling and gang warfare along the Mexican border. Armed citizens willing to stand their ground and take law into their own hands. . . . That was America in 1881.All those forces came to bear on the afternoon of October 26 when Doc Holliday and the Earp brothers faced off against the Clantons and the McLaurys in Tombstone, Arizona. It should have been a simple misdemeanor arrest. Thirty seconds and thirty bullets later, three officers were wounded and three citizens lay dead in the dirt.Wyatt Earp was the last man standing, the only one unscathed. The lies began before the smoke cleared, but the gunfight at the O.K. Corral would soon become central to American beliefs about the Old West.Epitaph tells Wyatt’s real story, unearthing the Homeric tragedy ... [Read More]

Excerpt from Tombstone Inscriptions of Snyder County, Penna: All the Epitaphs Taken From the Markers in Every Burying Ground of Snyder County; A Complete Record From the Time of the Settlement of This Territory by the Pioneers Before the Revolutionary War Down to the Year 1904According to the table of Contents on the preceding page there are a total of 8642 inscriptions recorded in the book This Inscription book is a companion volume to the Marriage book.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A sizzling, star-studded cast brings to life the legendary battle to deliver justice to "Tombstone"! Kurt Russell turns in a gripping performance as U.S. Marshall Wyatt Earp, and Val Kilmer ignites the screen as the outrageous Doc Holiday. Together, they team up to bring law to the lawless in a notorious showdown with ruthless outlaws at the O.K. corral! The all-star ensemble also includes Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Dana Delaney, Jason Priestley, Michael Biehn, and longtime Hollywood favorite Charlton Heston. Get ready for an explosive, action-packed adventure the Wild West would never

Doc Holliday joins Wyatt Earp and his brothers for an OK Corral showdown with the Clanton gang.

Danny Trejo (Machete), Anthony Michael Hall (The Dark Knight) and Oscar® nominee Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) star in this unrated, action-packed battle for vengeance. As a ruthless gang overruns a small mining town, they murder their own leader, Guerrero Hernandez (Trejo), in a cold-blooded power grab. Sentenced to eternity in hell, Guerrero finds himself confronted by Satan himself (Rourke), offering a daring proposition: deliver the six souls of his former gang and he will escape damnation. With time running out, he sets out on a brutal rampage to avenge his own