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After his youth on an Iowa farm, Wyatt Earp is ready to seek his fortunes by his wits rather than the sweat of his back. In California he meets a Mexican girl, whose philosophy will haunt him for years to come. It is the prophecy of the "adobe moon," which reminds a If you do not achieve your dreams, you must settle for what you have. After taking menial jobs, Wyatt settles down as a constable in Missouri. When his wife and child die, he sinks into depression where the lines of ethics blur. Wanted by the law he bides his time for a second chance, until in a Kansas cattle town he encounters his destiny as a lawman to be remembered.
402 pages, Library Binding
First published November 15, 2017
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Mark Warren
20 books182 followersMark Warren is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Georgia. At Medicine Bow, his nationally renowned wilderness school in the Southern Appalachians, he teaches nature classes and primitive survival skills. The National Wildlife Federation named him Georgia’s Conservation Educator of the Year in 1980. In 1998 Mark became the U.S. National Champion in whitewater canoeing, and in 1999 he won the World Championship Longbow title.
Warren has written extensively about nature for local and national magazines. He lectures on Native American history and survival skills, and Western frontier history presenting at museums and cultural centers around the country. He is the recipient of the 2024 New Mexico – Arizona Book Award for his historical novel on Billy the Kid, A Last Serenade for Billy Bonney. His Wyatt Earp, An American Odyssey trilogy was honored by WWA’s Spur Awards, The Historical Novel Society, and the 2020 Will Rogers Medallion Awards. Warren is a 2022 Georgia Author of the Year recipient for his book Song of the Horseman (Finalist, Literary Fiction). Indigo Heaven, The Westering Trail Travesties, and Nate, The Texas Story are all Will Rogers Medallion Award winners.
Warren has twenty traditionally published books: from Lyons Press, Two Winters in a Tipi and Secrets of the Forest (a four-volume series on nature and primitive skills,) from Two Dot, Wyatt Earp, An American Odyssey, from Speaking Volumes, Indigo Heaven, Song of the Horseman, Last of the Pistoleers, A Tale Twice Told, Moon of the White Tears, A Copperhead Summer, The Last Real Place and A Tale Twice Told, and from Wolfpack, The Westering Trail Travesties, A Last Serenade for Billy Bonney, Nate Champion: The Texas Story, and Nate Champion: The Wyoming Story.
You can find out more about Mark Warren by visiting his website at www.markwarrenbooks.com.
Warren has written extensively about nature for local and national magazines. He lectures on Native American history and survival skills, and Western frontier history presenting at museums and cultural centers around the country. He is the recipient of the 2024 New Mexico – Arizona Book Award for his historical novel on Billy the Kid, A Last Serenade for Billy Bonney. His Wyatt Earp, An American Odyssey trilogy was honored by WWA’s Spur Awards, The Historical Novel Society, and the 2020 Will Rogers Medallion Awards. Warren is a 2022 Georgia Author of the Year recipient for his book Song of the Horseman (Finalist, Literary Fiction). Indigo Heaven, The Westering Trail Travesties, and Nate, The Texas Story are all Will Rogers Medallion Award winners.
Warren has twenty traditionally published books: from Lyons Press, Two Winters in a Tipi and Secrets of the Forest (a four-volume series on nature and primitive skills,) from Two Dot, Wyatt Earp, An American Odyssey, from Speaking Volumes, Indigo Heaven, Song of the Horseman, Last of the Pistoleers, A Tale Twice Told, Moon of the White Tears, A Copperhead Summer, The Last Real Place and A Tale Twice Told, and from Wolfpack, The Westering Trail Travesties, A Last Serenade for Billy Bonney, Nate Champion: The Texas Story, and Nate Champion: The Wyoming Story.
You can find out more about Mark Warren by visiting his website at www.markwarrenbooks.com.
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January 23, 2018
I love historic fiction! The only thing I knew about the old west was from the movies I used to watch growing up. The only thing I knew about Wyatt Earp was from "Tombstone" and the Kevin Costner movie "Wyatt Earp". "Adobe Moon" is the "real deal". It is first in the trilogy "Wyatt Earp, An American Odyssey". This book was well researched, and it is beautifully written. I think Mark really nailed Wyatt Earp's character. It's almost like he knew him in another life. I enjoyed watching Wyatt grow up, and learning more about his family, his life on the farm, and his early career before becoming a lawman. Wyatt was down to Earth, straight-forward, and no-nonsense. His life before his fame is very intriguing and it is understandable how it all contributed to the man he became. More than anything I appreciate beautiful writing, and Mark Warren does that well! His descriptions put us right there on the prairie and in the saloons. I highly recommend this book if you enjoy a great read and learning more about our western heritage. I am looking forward to book 2 in the trilogy "Born to the Badge".
October 27, 2020
I was a little skeptical when I began this book. It is the first of three volumes of historical fiction telling the story of Wyatt Earp’s Life. I really wanted to go right to the second volume “Born to the Badge” which deals with Dodge City. After all, how interesting could the story of Wyatt Earp really be before this point. It turns out, the story is fascinating, and made that way through the writing skills of Mark Warren.
I met Mr. Warren when he spoke at a luncheon at the Booth Western Museum (which USA Today rated as The Best Museum in the Nation - I, personally, give it six out of five stars). The author said he has to classify his books as fiction only because he creates dialogue between real characters in real locations at the accurate times from history. Thank God he does, because that dialogue is wonderful, as is the descriptive prose and the pacing of his storytelling. I can’t wait to read the other two installments. I highly recommend this series to those of you who love both the West and great writing.
Dave Trawinski
Author of Historical Fiction
I met Mr. Warren when he spoke at a luncheon at the Booth Western Museum (which USA Today rated as The Best Museum in the Nation - I, personally, give it six out of five stars). The author said he has to classify his books as fiction only because he creates dialogue between real characters in real locations at the accurate times from history. Thank God he does, because that dialogue is wonderful, as is the descriptive prose and the pacing of his storytelling. I can’t wait to read the other two installments. I highly recommend this series to those of you who love both the West and great writing.
Dave Trawinski
Author of Historical Fiction
August 30, 2019
If you love the old west and you love Wyatt Earp then you will love this amazing book! If you are new to reading about the old west and Wyatt Earp then Adobe Moon is perfect for you as well! Mark Warren has woven a beautiful story of the well known character Wyatt Earp beginning at age 14 and traveling throughout his life of ups and downs. Adobe Moon takes the reader through ordinary old west job circumstances until Wyatt Earp arrives at what he feels is respectable, then plummets the main character into darkness. Highly recommend!
August 10, 2018
Carrying its own flavor of the old world with the language and descriptions Adobe Moon is a capturing portrait of the crushed ambitions and self-making, forever in progress.
June 12, 2023
As the author, I can add some additional information here in the review space that you might find interesting.
From my own childhood I learned about some of the struggle Wyatt must have faced with his father. When a boy is faced with a father who is blustery or commanding or iron-fisted (in Wyatt’s case, his father was all three), how does this shape the boy’s life? By my reckoning, there are three ways to go:
1. Be subservient.
2. Rebel against the power struggle.
3. Go internal to maintain your self-esteem by your own measure.
I believe Wyatt chose the last path, and this contributed to his stoic nature.
About his marriage in Missouri: Wyatt’s spare use of words and direct manner makes one wonder what kind of person Aurilla Sutherland was. I have always imagined her as someone with a good heart who smiled and laughed for both of them. Perhaps she was attracted to Wyatt’s dependability and promise as someone who wanted to achieve good standing in the community. Ironically, we probably would not know Wyatt’s name today if Aurilla had lived. Less than a year into their marriage she died, throwing him into a dark period with very little to commend about his lifestyle for several years.
How did he pull himself out of this disreputable abyss? The story is a controversial one that some researchers believe never happened. But because Wyatt referred to it in a letter once, I believe it happened. The last chapters of this book cover that redemptive event—a veritable resurrection of the soul—that sets the theme for the rest of his career as a lawman.
You can hear an interview with me about this book (previously published in hardback as "Adobe Moon" by well known Atlanta radio host Lois Reitzes here https://www.wabe.org/mark-warrens-nov...
From my own childhood I learned about some of the struggle Wyatt must have faced with his father. When a boy is faced with a father who is blustery or commanding or iron-fisted (in Wyatt’s case, his father was all three), how does this shape the boy’s life? By my reckoning, there are three ways to go:
1. Be subservient.
2. Rebel against the power struggle.
3. Go internal to maintain your self-esteem by your own measure.
I believe Wyatt chose the last path, and this contributed to his stoic nature.
About his marriage in Missouri: Wyatt’s spare use of words and direct manner makes one wonder what kind of person Aurilla Sutherland was. I have always imagined her as someone with a good heart who smiled and laughed for both of them. Perhaps she was attracted to Wyatt’s dependability and promise as someone who wanted to achieve good standing in the community. Ironically, we probably would not know Wyatt’s name today if Aurilla had lived. Less than a year into their marriage she died, throwing him into a dark period with very little to commend about his lifestyle for several years.
How did he pull himself out of this disreputable abyss? The story is a controversial one that some researchers believe never happened. But because Wyatt referred to it in a letter once, I believe it happened. The last chapters of this book cover that redemptive event—a veritable resurrection of the soul—that sets the theme for the rest of his career as a lawman.
You can hear an interview with me about this book (previously published in hardback as "Adobe Moon" by well known Atlanta radio host Lois Reitzes here https://www.wabe.org/mark-warrens-nov...
July 22, 2021
Great fictional biography. Both interesting characters and poetic language make this hard to stop reading (although the second half was more compelling than the first.) I know care enough about Wyatt to read the next books in the trilogy. Must read for lovers of westerns and historical fiction.
June 12, 2023
As the author, I can add some additional information here in the review space that you might find interesting.
From my own childhood I learned about some of the struggle Wyatt must have faced with his father. When a boy is faced with a father who is blustery or commanding or iron-fisted (in Wyatt’s case, his father was all three), how does this shape the boy’s life? By my reckoning, there are three ways to go:
1. Be subservient.
2. Rebel against the power struggle.
3. Go internal to maintain your self-esteem by your own measure.
I believe Wyatt chose the last path, and this contributed to his stoic nature.
About his marriage in Missouri: Wyatt’s spare use of words and direct manner makes one wonder what kind of person Aurilla Sutherland was. I have always imagined her as someone with a good heart who smiled and laughed for both of them. Perhaps she was attracted to Wyatt’s dependability and promise as someone who wanted to achieve good standing in the community. Ironically, we probably would not know Wyatt’s name today if Aurilla had lived. Less than a year into their marriage she died, throwing him into a dark period with very little to commend about his lifestyle for several years.
How did he pull himself out of this disreputable abyss? The story is a controversial one that some researchers believe never happened. But because Wyatt referred to it in a letter once, I believe it happened. The last chapters of this book cover that redemptive event—a veritable resurrection of the soul—that sets the theme for the rest of his career as a lawman.
You can hear an interview with me about this book by well known Atlanta radio host Lois Reitzes here https://www.wabe.org/mark-warrens-nov...
Thank you for checking out my books! If you enjoy them, I hope you will post your own review.
From my own childhood I learned about some of the struggle Wyatt must have faced with his father. When a boy is faced with a father who is blustery or commanding or iron-fisted (in Wyatt’s case, his father was all three), how does this shape the boy’s life? By my reckoning, there are three ways to go:
1. Be subservient.
2. Rebel against the power struggle.
3. Go internal to maintain your self-esteem by your own measure.
I believe Wyatt chose the last path, and this contributed to his stoic nature.
About his marriage in Missouri: Wyatt’s spare use of words and direct manner makes one wonder what kind of person Aurilla Sutherland was. I have always imagined her as someone with a good heart who smiled and laughed for both of them. Perhaps she was attracted to Wyatt’s dependability and promise as someone who wanted to achieve good standing in the community. Ironically, we probably would not know Wyatt’s name today if Aurilla had lived. Less than a year into their marriage she died, throwing him into a dark period with very little to commend about his lifestyle for several years.
How did he pull himself out of this disreputable abyss? The story is a controversial one that some researchers believe never happened. But because Wyatt referred to it in a letter once, I believe it happened. The last chapters of this book cover that redemptive event—a veritable resurrection of the soul—that sets the theme for the rest of his career as a lawman.
You can hear an interview with me about this book by well known Atlanta radio host Lois Reitzes here https://www.wabe.org/mark-warrens-nov...
Thank you for checking out my books! If you enjoy them, I hope you will post your own review.
March 23, 2021
"Adobe Moon" by Mark Warren is the first installment in his trilogy of legendary American peacemaker Wyatt Earp. The genius of "Adobe Moon" is that Warren focuses on the man, not the legend. He brings life to Earp as a relatable piece of flesh and blood instead of the mythic character of the frontier.
The story commences as the United States finds itself in the midst of Civil War. Teenage Wyatt wants nothing more than to join the fight but he is constantly reined in by his overbearing Father, Nicholas Earp. This is a reoccurring theme between the two. Wyatt’s relationship with his father is a complicated one to say the least but it provides immense insight towards the molding of his character. Warren skillfully shows the formative events that would mold a young man into the possibility of legend. These events include numerous personal tragedies, assorted professions, various locals and the strong relationships that would serve him the rest of his life.
This book is historical fiction but it is difficult to imagine the narrative not occurring as the author relates it. Mark Warren is a wonderful story teller and his attention to period detail is intoxicating. Anyone who is remotely interested in Wyatt Earp will find this book fascinating because it deals with actual events as much as it does psychological development. However, I would also highly recommend this book to any person who wants to learn about a true depiction of the American frontier. Part biography, part history lesson, part character study – all of it riveting, entertaining, and extremely well written! Do yourself a favor and read "Adobe Moon".
The story commences as the United States finds itself in the midst of Civil War. Teenage Wyatt wants nothing more than to join the fight but he is constantly reined in by his overbearing Father, Nicholas Earp. This is a reoccurring theme between the two. Wyatt’s relationship with his father is a complicated one to say the least but it provides immense insight towards the molding of his character. Warren skillfully shows the formative events that would mold a young man into the possibility of legend. These events include numerous personal tragedies, assorted professions, various locals and the strong relationships that would serve him the rest of his life.
This book is historical fiction but it is difficult to imagine the narrative not occurring as the author relates it. Mark Warren is a wonderful story teller and his attention to period detail is intoxicating. Anyone who is remotely interested in Wyatt Earp will find this book fascinating because it deals with actual events as much as it does psychological development. However, I would also highly recommend this book to any person who wants to learn about a true depiction of the American frontier. Part biography, part history lesson, part character study – all of it riveting, entertaining, and extremely well written! Do yourself a favor and read "Adobe Moon".
September 11, 2021
I've been reading books about Wyatt Earp for quite a long time. Many good biographies out there. This is the first in a series of three books which follow Wyatt throughout his life. Though partially fictional, there are many added historical events from his life to fill out the narrative. I found the book very interesting and enjoyable. It was one of the quickest reads for me in recent memory. I couldn't put the book down. Looking forward to reading the next two in the series.
April 10, 2018
Well-written, and in a charmingly authentic for the time-period manner in terms of language and turn-of-phrase. Immersive, enjoyable, well-paced. I eagerly await the next installment.
May 14, 2022
I love historic fiction! The only thing I knew about the old west was from the movies I used to watch growing up. The only thing I knew about Wyatt Earp was from "Tombstone" and the Kevin Costner movie "Wyatt Earp". The Long Road to Legend" is the "real deal. It is first in the trilogy "Wyatt Earp, An American Odyssey". This book was well researched, and it is beautifully written. I think Mark really nailed Wyatt Earp's character. It's almost like he knew him in another life. I enjoyed watching Wyatt grow up, and learning more about his family, his life on the farm, and his early career before becoming a lawman. Wyatt was down to Earth, straight-forward, and no-nonsense. His life before his fame is very intriguing and it is understandable how it all contributed to the man he became. More than anything I appreciate beautiful writing, and Mark Warren does that well! His descriptions put us right there on the prairie and in the saloons. I highly recommend this book if you enjoy a great read and learning more about our western heritage. I am looking forward to book 2 in the trilogy "Born to the Badge".
November 14, 2018
I wasn't sure what to expect when I first picked up this book. I really enjoyed Two Winters in a Tipi (also by Mark Warren) but I normally don't seek out westerns. I was glad I read it though. I found Adobe Moon to be an engrossing story as it follows Wyatt Earp from his teen years on his parents farm into early adulthood. That time period offered opportunity for a young man but also a number of unsavory things like prostitution, gambling, alcohol abuse, routine violence, etc. This book really helps put some of the events that Earp is famous for in perspective for who he was as a man. This is the first in a trilogy and certainly leaves readers wanting to read the remaining two.
September 30, 2018
I enjoyed this historical novel very much . I particularly enjoyed the challenging vocabulary and well written story. Following the early life of Wyatt Earp , the reader is immersed in the challenges, ruthlessness and lawlessness of the new frontier. It is the beginning to a trilogy to which the author devoted his life writing and researching .
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November 24, 2018
Each stands alone, but better read as a series. Reviewed here 'Adobe Moon' and 'Born to the Badge'.
Mark Warren builds his imaginative examination of the heart, mind and history of Wyatt Earp on a rigorous adherence to real history. Real places are the fabric on which real events stitch a wandering pattern of a real man’s 19th century struggle to become the successful and respected American he so wants to be. Opening at the remote Iowa farmstead dominated by self-absorbed Nicholas Earp, father of the Earp brothers and their sister, Warren illuminates Earp's early acquisition of survival skills and the education gained from the turning of the seasons, the repetitive work of the soil, the employment of and caring for animals, and the all too frequent failures of this exceptionally talented, longingly impatient and deeply imperfect boy's growth to manhood.
Wyatt’s travels are intimately rendered relationships with the gifts and punishments of the prairies, rivers, horse trails and main streets of the 1860’s. They are informed by the author’s own decades as an outdoor educator and student of nature. (See his incredible series of non-fiction guides to primitive survival skills and plant lore “Secrets of the Forest"). From Iowa to Omaha to California and back to Illinois, and nearly every other state west of the Mississippi, new relationships are entered into and explored through understated dialogue that always gets its meaning across, always with a studied caution that underlies Wyatt’s ever-present but unspoken question — how can this relationship propel me toward my goals? They lead to adventurous and interesting jobs — freight hauler, buffalo hunter, gambler, and of course, law enforcer — with unfulfilling ends, and the impulse to move on and start again.
Through these two books, we watch the American westerner stumble and fall and succeed and suffer as America stumbles and suffers and succeeds and fails, recovering from its tragic civil war as it ever hopefully builds its own new world, full of danger, disappointment and promise. I can’t wait for the next in the series.
Mark Warren builds his imaginative examination of the heart, mind and history of Wyatt Earp on a rigorous adherence to real history. Real places are the fabric on which real events stitch a wandering pattern of a real man’s 19th century struggle to become the successful and respected American he so wants to be. Opening at the remote Iowa farmstead dominated by self-absorbed Nicholas Earp, father of the Earp brothers and their sister, Warren illuminates Earp's early acquisition of survival skills and the education gained from the turning of the seasons, the repetitive work of the soil, the employment of and caring for animals, and the all too frequent failures of this exceptionally talented, longingly impatient and deeply imperfect boy's growth to manhood.
Wyatt’s travels are intimately rendered relationships with the gifts and punishments of the prairies, rivers, horse trails and main streets of the 1860’s. They are informed by the author’s own decades as an outdoor educator and student of nature. (See his incredible series of non-fiction guides to primitive survival skills and plant lore “Secrets of the Forest"). From Iowa to Omaha to California and back to Illinois, and nearly every other state west of the Mississippi, new relationships are entered into and explored through understated dialogue that always gets its meaning across, always with a studied caution that underlies Wyatt’s ever-present but unspoken question — how can this relationship propel me toward my goals? They lead to adventurous and interesting jobs — freight hauler, buffalo hunter, gambler, and of course, law enforcer — with unfulfilling ends, and the impulse to move on and start again.
Through these two books, we watch the American westerner stumble and fall and succeed and suffer as America stumbles and suffers and succeeds and fails, recovering from its tragic civil war as it ever hopefully builds its own new world, full of danger, disappointment and promise. I can’t wait for the next in the series.
July 4, 2021
Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp,
Brave, courageous and bold,
Long live his fame and long live his glory
And long may his story be told."
So goes the chorus of the theme song of a popular 1950s TV series about one of America's legendary lawmen.
And in historical novel, "Adobe Moon: Wyatt Earp-An American Odyssey," Georgia writer Mark Warren continues to "tell his story."
"Adobe Moon" is the first book in a trilogy Warren has written on Earp. The events in "Adobe Moon" take place from 1862, when 15 year old Wyatt yearns to escape the drudgery of slaving for his stern, autocratic father on their Iowa farm, to 1873, when Wyatt has an epiphany regarding his future as an upholder of the law. During that decade he spends time in nearly every state and territory in the southwest and midwest and develops the characteristics that will earn him respect as an outstanding lawman--discipline, integrity, hard work, and a no-nonsense demeanor. And, throughout his sojourn, he is haunted by the pragmatic words of a beguiling Mexican girl--"If you do not achieve your dreams, you must settle for what you have."
Writer Mark Warren has been fascinated by Wyatt Earp since he was a boy. He has researched his subject thoroughly, has consulted most of the historians of the Earp saga, and has traveled to all the sites where the major events of Earp's life took place. His knowledge of Earp's time, his occupations, and the lawless life of the 19th century West, is impeccable.
"Adobe Moon" takes the reader into that world as it reveals the character of the fabled lawman. The book immerses the reader into Earp's developmental period as it nicely anticipates the next two novels in the trilogy.
An excellent read!
Brave, courageous and bold,
Long live his fame and long live his glory
And long may his story be told."
So goes the chorus of the theme song of a popular 1950s TV series about one of America's legendary lawmen.
And in historical novel, "Adobe Moon: Wyatt Earp-An American Odyssey," Georgia writer Mark Warren continues to "tell his story."
"Adobe Moon" is the first book in a trilogy Warren has written on Earp. The events in "Adobe Moon" take place from 1862, when 15 year old Wyatt yearns to escape the drudgery of slaving for his stern, autocratic father on their Iowa farm, to 1873, when Wyatt has an epiphany regarding his future as an upholder of the law. During that decade he spends time in nearly every state and territory in the southwest and midwest and develops the characteristics that will earn him respect as an outstanding lawman--discipline, integrity, hard work, and a no-nonsense demeanor. And, throughout his sojourn, he is haunted by the pragmatic words of a beguiling Mexican girl--"If you do not achieve your dreams, you must settle for what you have."
Writer Mark Warren has been fascinated by Wyatt Earp since he was a boy. He has researched his subject thoroughly, has consulted most of the historians of the Earp saga, and has traveled to all the sites where the major events of Earp's life took place. His knowledge of Earp's time, his occupations, and the lawless life of the 19th century West, is impeccable.
"Adobe Moon" takes the reader into that world as it reveals the character of the fabled lawman. The book immerses the reader into Earp's developmental period as it nicely anticipates the next two novels in the trilogy.
An excellent read!
July 13, 2019
This is an enjoyable, easy reading, historical western. Well researched, the author's writing succeeds at putting the reader into the period and the landscapes. The author also does a good job at getting into Wyatt Earp's head. Wyatt's relationship to his father is thoughtful and with his brothers, entertaining. This is a story of the Wyatt's early life, so no Doc Holliday. I came to this story not knowing anything about Wyatt Earp's early life. I found it absorbing. I think readers will get insight into the man that the legend & myths of Wyatt overshadow.
February 20, 2019
“Adobe Moon” is the story about Wyatt Earp coming of age and becoming a man. It is historical fiction at it’s finest. One of the most difficult things to do is to try and understand what motivates people to do what they do. It is one thing to know the facts and another to put those actions in a context that fills out the whole picture. Mark Warren has done this exceptionally well with “Adobe Moon.” The book is factually accurate and the writing is smooth and entertaining. I really enjoyed the book and read it slowly because I really didn’t want it to end. I am looking forward to the next two installments in the trilogy. I will be starting “Born to the Badge” soon.
February 19, 2019
Adobe Moon is a biographical novel by Mark Warren. It has a lot of fact, a little fiction mixed in. This book starts off with the Earp family, when Wyatt was a teenager-chomping at the bit, because the Civil War is going on and his three older brothers are off fighting. He desperately wants to quit working the family farm and join up in the fight.
The book is enriched with a lot of well known history and other lesser known facts. Mr. Warren blends it into an interesting story. I enjoyed it. This is the first book in this trilogy, on Wyatt Earp.
The book is enriched with a lot of well known history and other lesser known facts. Mr. Warren blends it into an interesting story. I enjoyed it. This is the first book in this trilogy, on Wyatt Earp.
March 19, 2019
At the age of fourteen, Wyatt Earp itches to take command of his own destiny. In the ensuing decade, while he crisscrosses the West, destiny takes command of Wyatt. Events, incidents and people forge his character, mold his self-concept and most importantly cement his values. The young man experiences heartbreak and runs headlong into limitations, like any ordinary mortal, but his uncanny gift of leadership can't be suppressed or denied.
January 4, 2019
Having an family interest in the Earps, I was interested to see what Warren would make of Wyatt and his family. I was glad to see that much of what I had gathered through family sources was upheld by this book. It was an interesting psychological look at a rather complex man who lived by his own moral code.
May 17, 2019
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It explores Wyatt Earp's early life and shows the nitty gritty reality of life in those times (not the Hollywood glamourized version.). You can tell that lots of research went into the writing of the book. It's an authentic picture of the old West.
May 18, 2019
Not a bad book. Just nothing new in the historic-fiction content. I love the characters Wyatt and Doc. The second book develops the complicated relationship between them. Somethings, we will never know. Ok for an easy read.
February 14, 2019
Lots of info. Based on facts but is fiction.
December 1, 2020
Ugh. I certainly won't be reading the rest of this trilogy. Facts were interesting, but you know when a man writes about a woman and it's more of a physical description than a description of her character?
June 1, 2020
I think I wasn't in the mood for this one. Not great.
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