#619 | Wyatt Earp | The Man Behind the Legend (English Listening Practice)
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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 Tombstone Background on the Wild West and fast-growing frontier towns Wyatt Earp was hunter, driver, gambler, brothel keeper The Cowboys held power and feuded with the Earps Conflicting accounts of who fired first and surrender attempts Trial cleared the Earps but the town stayed divided Attacks on Virgil and Morgan, then Wyatt Earp took revenge Earp fled Arizona, wandered West running saloons and gambling Boxing scandal damaged his name across the country Hollywood and a book remade him as a hero
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