Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp

(HarperCollins) A Jewish girl from New York City, Josephine Marcus Earp was the common-law wife of famous lawman Wyatt Earp for nearly 50 years. The Lady at the O.K. Corral tells her story, following her from mining camps and gold rush boomtowns to the opulent hotels of San Francisco as she encountered the events and people that now form the world of Western legend. Kirschner is a dean at The City University of New York and the author of Sala’s Gift.