Born to the Badge: Wyatt Earp, An American Odyssey Book Two
Aug 2021 · Rowman & Littlefield
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Born to the Badge was a 2019 Spur Award Finalist!
Shunted from his entrepreneurial ambitions to profit from the boomtowns of the frontier, twenty-six year old Wyatt Earp returns to law enforcement. In Wichita, Kansas the town leaders become disenchanted with his hardline methods, and so he moves to a place where an iron-rule is needed—Dodge City. With him comes Mattie Blaylock, a runaway prostitute, who, like Wyatt, is searching for a chance at a better life. As assistant marshal in Dodge, Wyatt establishes a reputation as an uncompromising peace officer, but he knows that police work will never deliver what he really wants: wealth and the respect of the upper class. After joining the Black Hills gold rush and then serving a stint as railroad detective in Texas, he returns to Kansas, only to pin on the badge again and inadvertently forge his path into history.
Shunted from his entrepreneurial ambitions to profit from the boomtowns of the frontier, twenty-six year old Wyatt Earp returns to law enforcement. In Wichita, Kansas the town leaders become disenchanted with his hardline methods, and so he moves to a place where an iron-rule is needed—Dodge City. With him comes Mattie Blaylock, a runaway prostitute, who, like Wyatt, is searching for a chance at a better life. As assistant marshal in Dodge, Wyatt establishes a reputation as an uncompromising peace officer, but he knows that police work will never deliver what he really wants: wealth and the respect of the upper class. After joining the Black Hills gold rush and then serving a stint as railroad detective in Texas, he returns to Kansas, only to pin on the badge again and inadvertently forge his path into history.
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Susan Brown
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December 27, 2023
This is a fascinating account of our most famous and legendary lawman of the frontier west. Staying close to his research, Mark Warren has written a historically accurate trilogy on the life of Wyatt Earp. Mark's writing paints a beautiful picture of the times. The scenery and the dialogue put you right there in Dodge City or in Wichita, wherever Earp traveled which was extensive. I highly recommend this trilogy. The Long Road to Legend, Born to the Badge, and A Law Unto Himself.
About the author
Mark Warren is the author of Secrets of the Forest (Four Volumes), Two Winters in a Tipi,Indigo Heaven, Song of the Horseman, and The Last Pistoleer. Mark is a lifelong student of Native American History and the West with a special focus on Wyatt Earp. He teaches wilderness survival skills at his school, Medicine Bow, in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
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