The Booth Western Art Museum will welcome renowned author Gary Roberts to A True West Weekend Saturday, April 12 at 1 p.m. Roberts, a native of Tifton, Ga. will discuss his book entitled Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend, which explores the life of Doc Holliday, another well-known Georgia native. The discussion will be a part of A True West Weekend that begins Thursday, April 10 and continues through Saturday.Roberts’ most recent work Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend explores the life of one of the most famous gunfighters of the Old West, well known for his association with Wyatt Earp and the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Using more than 20 years of research, Roberts gives the reader a look into the life of Holliday beginning with his childhood, growing up in Griffin, Ga., to his death in 1887.
Roberts has published dozens of articles in magazines, journals, anthologies and specialized encyclopedias. His writing covers a wide span of subjects including the Western gunfighter, the historiography of the West's gunmen, the legend-making process, the Indian wars and frontier violence. In 1988 he co-edited Georgia Governors in an Age of Change with Harold P. Henderson and in 1990, authored Death Comes for the Chief Justice: The Slough-Rynerson Quarrel and Political Violence in New Mexico.
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