Doc by Mary Doria Russell

You don’t know as much about the man who fought at the O.K. Corral as you think you do from watching Tombstone or Kevin Costner’s Wyatt Earp. Doc was raised as a Southern gentleman, well-tutored in music and literature and trained as a dentist in the most demanding college of his time. His diagnosis of tuberculosis at 21 forced him to live in the drier climate of the Western frontier, where few shared his educated background. The gunfight lasted only thirty seconds in real time; the book never reaches the corral. You will admire Doc’s courageous fight against his terminal disease and love the grace with which he lived. Russell’s thorough research and lively writing style bring dusty Dodge City to vivid life.

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