Boys and girls are discovering a new western hero in Wyatt Earp, a man of courage and integrity whose bullets spoke for justice on the wild frontier. Wyatt stood over six feet tall, broad shouldered, with muscles of steel and nerves taut as a bow string. He was known as the fastest man with a gun, and though he never used it except in self-defense, he was one of the most feared and most respected two-gun marshals at a time when the frontier was filled with outlaws, derelicts, big-time gamblers, cattle barons and cowhands looking for excitement.

Wyatt Earp cleaned up Ellsworth, Wichita and Dodge City in Kansas, then moved on to Tombstone, Arizona. He was appointed United States Marshal and his duties also included the protection of the interstate express and the United States mail. He deputized his brothers Virgil, Warren and Morgan and when the Earp boys were seen marching four abreast down the street, it was a signal for everyone to duck for cover because anything might happen—and usually did!

It was said of Wyatt Earp that his skill with firearms was matched only by his fearlessness, and that no man could have a more loyal friend or a more dangerous enemy.

With great skill the author has brought to life a lusty era in America, replete with famous mountain men like Jim Bridger and Wild Bill Hickok; with Indian raids, stage coach robberies and rampant lawlessness that called for courageous men willing to dedicate their lives to the establishment of justice.

The illustrator has been equally successful in his portrayal of the background, the characters and the highlighted situations in this exciting story.

Boys and girls too will want this book to supplement the TV weekly programs about Wyatt Earp and his fascinating exploits.

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Mr. Bjorklund was particularly happy about illustrating this book because he too had read everything he could get on Wyatt Earp, for whom he has great admiration. In fact, when Larry was still a small boy visiting in California he met the famous marshal. Earp was quite an old man at the time, but there was something in his manner that suggested a man who had lived dangerously and Mr. Bjorklund always remembered him with excitement.

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