Doc Holliday: You’re a Daisy If You Do

One of the most famous icons of the “Old West” - Doc Holliday was more than just a gambler who was quick on the draw. He is the stuff of legend – and much of it is not true. Or at least cant be proved.

Just who was Doc Holliday – really?

Think you know him from books and movies? You’re a daisy if you do. 

 

DOC HOLLIDAY: YOU’RE A DAISY IF YOU DO

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Cutler, Jacqueline. “I’m Your Huckleberry: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and the wild West”. New York Daily News online. 12 March 2020. Accessed 24 September 2021.  https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/ny-20200312-kz5zef6weradnn2rui2wexq5oq-story.html

 

“Doc Quotes”. Doc Holliday Live!  Accessed 11 November 2021  https://dochollidaylive.biz/doc-quotes/

 

Guinn, Jeff. The Last Gunfight. New York, Simon and Schuster, 2011.

 

“Interview with Virgil Earp Arizona Daily Star, 5/30/1882” Tombstone History Archives. Angelfire.com Accessed 10 November 2021. www.angelfire.com/co4/earpgang/interviewone.html

 

John Henry “Doc” Holliday. City of Griffin webpage. Accessed 22 September 2021. www.cityofgriffin.com/Home/ History/DocHolliday.aspx

 

Martin, Fernando. “What Really Happened at the O.K. Corral?” National Geographic Online. Published 30 March 2020. Accessed 22 September 2021. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/what-happened-gunfight-ok-corral

 

Masterson, W. B. (Bat). Famous Gunfighters of the Western Frontier: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Luke Short and Others.  New York, Dover Publications, 2009.

 

Roberts, Gary L. Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend. New Jersey, Wiley, 2007.

 

Weiser, Kathy  “Doc Holliday – Deadly Doctor of the American West”  Legends of America. Updated December 2019. Accessed 10 November 2021. https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-docholliday/

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