Explore Walter Noble Burns books at New West Press.

Walter Noble Burns's Tombstone brings the conflicts and personalities of a Western boomtown into a vivid narrative. The Earp brothers, the Clantons, and the struggles surrounding law and violence form part of the world the book depicts. This collection centers on Burns's account, whose dramatic storytelling helped shape the remembered image of the place. Readers can follow the confrontations while considering how historical writing can become part of a town's legend. The relationship between documented events, narrative emphasis, and the appeal of larger-than-life personalities is especially important to this reading.

Western writing brings together landscape, labor, risk, and the stories people tell about the frontier. Readers can follow the immediate adventure while considering how a narrator frames courage, conflict, and belonging. Comparing a literary account with historical context can reveal the distance between experience and legend. Browse the edition below for a closer encounter with the author's American West.