#619 | Wyatt Earp | The Man Behind the Legend (English Listening Practice)

In 1881, a 30-second gunfight in Tombstone, Arizona made Wyatt Earp a legend of the Wild West. Earp was a gambler, a lawman, a fugitive, and later a showman who told his own legend for cash. So who fired first at the OK Corral, and how did Hollywood turn a frontier opportunist into a symbol of American justice? The gunfight at the OK Corral in TombstoneBackground on the Wild West and fast-growing frontier townsWyatt Earp was hunter, driver, gambler, brothel keeperThe Cowboys held power and feuded with the EarpsConflicting accounts of who fire...