Sign-In
Cart
Tombstone True Tales and Yarns
Paperback
Series: American Legends
19th Century United States HistoryRegional: SouthwestTrue Crime
Publisher Price: $24.99
ISBN13: 9781467171717
Publisher: History Press
Published: Aug 25 2026
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Facts, Fiction & Tales of the Town Too Tough to Die
The desert oasis of Tombstone has reinvented itself many times over the course of the last century. From the boomtown heyday in the 1880s to its decline and reinvention as an icon of the Wild West, its reputation was built on colorful characters and even more colorful stories.
At its height, Tombstone was a town full of swinging saloons, bawdy brothels, and miners hanging their futures on extracting silver from the unforgiving landscape. Following close behind them were cold-blooded outlaws like the Cowboy gang and the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, whose exploits live on in both myth and memory.
Doc Holliday's outsized reputation was forged in part by Tombstone and the iconic gunfight in which he took part, and beneath Big Nose Kate's Saloon, the ghost of the Swamper, who secretly dug into the mine shafts to steal the silver for himself, still roams.
Even the naming of Tombstone is linked to the larger-than-life story of prospector Ed Schieffelin. A soldier once mocked him with the words all you'll find out there is your tombstone, but in 1877, when Ed struck it lucky in the Arizona desert, a legend was born.
Join author Richard Estep as he untangles the truth from fiction in Tombstone.
Also from
Estep, Richard
Mothman: Sightings and Investigations of the Iconic Flying Cryptid
Estep, Richard
Wayland, Tobias
Paperback
The Horrors of Fox Hollow Farm: Unraveling the History & Hauntings of a Serial Killer's Home
Graves, Robert
Estep, Richard
Paperback
Help Is on the Way: A Paramedic's Ride from 9/11 Through the Covid Pandemic and Beyond
Estep, Richard
Paperback
In Search of Demons: Historic Cases & Firsthand Experiences from Experts & Skeptics Alike
Estep, Richard
Paperback
Haunted Healthcare: Medical Professionals and Patients Share their Encounters with the Paranormal
Estep, Richard
Paperback
American Hotel Story: History, Hauntings, and Heartbreak in LA's Infamous Hotel Cecil
Estep, Richard
Paperback
In Search of the Paranormal: 25 Years Hunting Ghosts Across Great Britain and the United States
Estep, Richard
Paperback
The Black Monk of Pontefract: The World's Most Violent and Relentless Poltergeist
Estep, Richard
Bungay, Bil
Paperback
Haunted Healthcare 2: Medical Professionals and Patients Share Their Encounters with the Paranormal
Estep, Richard
Paperback
The Great American Ghost Trip: 10 Nights. 10 Haunted Locations. 4000 Miles. A Whole Lotta Ghosts!
Estep, Richard
Paperback
Santé hantée: Des Professionnels de Santé Et Des Patients Partagent Leurs Rencontres Avec Le Paranormal.
Estep, Richard
Paperback
In Search of Demons: Historic Cases & Firsthand Experiences from Experts & Skeptics Alike
Estep, Richard
Audio Book
In Search of Demons: Historic Cases & Firsthand Experiences from Experts & Skeptics Alike
Estep, Richard
Audio Book
Mothman: Sightings and Investigations of the Iconic Flying Cryptid
Estep, Richard
Wayland, Tobias
Audio Book
Mothman: Sightings and Investigations of the Iconic Flying Cryptid
Estep, Richard
Wayland, Tobias
Audio Book
Also in
Regional: Southwest
The Lost Cities of El Norte: Coronado's Quest, the Unconquered West, and the Birth of American Indian Resistance
Stark, Peter
Hardcover
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
Blitzer, Jonathan
Paperback
The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
Fedarko, Kevin
Paperback
The Myth of Red Texas: Cowboys, Populism, and Class War in the Radical South
Griscom, David
Paperback
Friday Night Lights (25th Anniversary Edition): A Town, a Team, and a Dream
Bissinger, H. G.
Paperback
The Case of the Autographed Corpse: A Medicine Man and a Mystery Writer in Pursuit of Justice
El-Hai, Jack
Hardcover
The Grand Canyon: Native People and Early Visitors
Shields, Kenneth D., Jr.
Stampoulos, Linda L.
Paperback
The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History
Hutton, Paul Andrew
Paperback
Those Who Walked Before: Fossil Footprints at White Sands
Odess, Daniel
Bennett, Matthew
Bustos, David F.
Paperback
The Counter Revolution of 1836: Texas slavery & Jim Crow and the roots of American Fascism
Horne, Gerald
Paperback
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
Blitzer, Jonathan
Hardcover
Ribbons of Green: The Rio Grande and the Making of Modern Albuquerque
Berrens, Robert P.
Fleck, John
Paperback
Language of Blood: The Making of Spanish-American Identity in New Mexico, 1880s-1930s
Nieto-Phillips, John M.
Paperback
Todos Los Que Se Han Ido Están Aquí / Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
Blitzer, Jonathan
Paperback
Ladies of the Canyons: A League of Extraordinary Women and Their Adventures in the American Southwest
Poling-Kempes, Lesley
Paperback
The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
Fedarko, Kevin
Hardcover
Friday Night Lights (25th Anniversary Edition): A Town, a Team, and a Dream
Bissinger, H. G.
Hardcover
A Big Mess in Texas: The Miraculous, Disastrous 1952 Dallas Texans and the Craziest Untold Story in NFL History
Fleming, David
Hardcover
Cricket in the Web: The 1949 Unsolved Murder that Unraveled Politics in New Mexico
Moore, Paula
Paperback
Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico
Hernández-Durán, Ray
Vásquez, Irene
Paperback
The River Wild: A Celebrated Journey Down the Whitewater Rapids of the Grand Canyon
Kuhne, Cecil
Paperback
The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral-And How It Changed the American West
Guinn, Jeff
Paperback
Queen of All Mayhem: The Blood-Soaked Life and Mysterious Death of Belle Starr, the Most Dangerous Woman in the West
Huckelbridge, Dane
Hardcover
Mysterious New Mexico: Miracles, Magic, and Monsters in the Land of Enchantment
Radford, Benjamin
Paperback
Black Wall Street 100: An American City Grapples With Its Historical Racial Trauma
Johnson, Hannibal B.
Paperback
Eating the Landscape: American Indian Stories of Food, Identity, and Resilience
Salmón, Enrique
Paperback
It Happened in Oklahoma: Stories of Events and People That Shaped Sooner State History
Dorman, Robert L.
Paperback
San Antonio and Its Missions: Three Centuries of History, Memory, and Heritage
Kitchens, Joel Daniel
Hardcover
Enslaved on the Trail of Tears: Race, Removal, and the Transformation of Indian Territory
Ligon, Terry J.
Paperback
Enslaved on the Trail of Tears: Race, Removal and the Transformation of Indian Territory
Ligon, Terry J.
Hardcover
Enchantment and Exploitation: The Life and Hard Times of a New Mexico Mountain Range
Debuys, William
Paperback
Brown and Blue: Mexican Americans, Law Enforcement, and Civil Rights in the Southwest, 1935-2025
Behnken, Brian D.
Paperback
Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship: Leading a Texas City's Desegregation
Ramsay, Annetta
Hardcover
The Great Oklahoma Swindle: Race, Religion, and Lies in America's Weirdest State
Cobb, Russell
Paperback
Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre
Ball, Alverne
Hardcover
When the Moment Chose Me: The Day ISIS Came to Garland, TX
Hughbank D. Mgt, Richard J.
Stevens, Gregory B.
Hardcover
Twelve Mighty Orphans: The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football
Dent, Jim
Paperback
Ghosts of Crook County: An Oil Fortune, a Phantom Child, and the Fight for Indigenous Land
Cobb, Russell
Paperback
Progress Denied: Quakertown, White Supremacy, and the Illusion of Democracy in Denton, Texas, 1850-1925 Volume 12
Teague, Hollie A.
Hardcover
We Fought Back: The Black Legal Struggle for Education in Oklahoma Territory
Doolittle, Sara
Hardcover
Forgotten Battlefield of the First Texas Revolution: The First Battle of Medina August 18, 1813
Schwarz, Ted
Paperback
The Water Cries: Uncovering the Slave Auction Houses of Galveston, Texas
Griffin, Anthony Paul
Paperback
Arizona Outlaws and Lawmen: Gunslingers, Bandits, Heroes and Peacekeepers
Trimble, Marshall
Paperback
When the Moment Chose Me: The Day ISIS Came to Garland, TX
Stevens, Gregory B.
Hughbank D. Mgt, Richard J.
Paperback
Surviving Desires: Making and Selling Native Jewellery in the American Southwest
Lidchi, Henrietta
Paperback
A Culinary Journey Through Texas History: A State Historic Sites Cookbook
Texas Historical Commission
Hardcover
It Happened in Texas: Stories of Events and People That Shaped Lone Star State History
Crutchfield, James A.
Paperback
From Burning to Blueprint: Rebuilding Black Wall Street After a Century of Silence
Matthews, Kevin, II
Paperback
Unsolved Mysteries of Texas: Stories of Legendary Outlaws, Buried Treasure, and Hauntings in the Lone Star State
Jameson, W. C.
Paperback
The State of Sequoyah: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Quest for an Indian State
Fixico, Donald L.
Hardcover