Although the author appears to believe the old liberal line that the Old West portrayed in the movies never really existed, I found this book to be an excellent read. He throws the politics of Arizona at that time into his story and it shows that, no matter how much things change, they always remain the same. The only thing I found a little irritating about the book was that he starts off by spewing the old liberal DemocRAT line, “The Old West in the movies never really existed” and then goes on to describe the events as they are portrayed in the movie, “Tombstone”. He wraps it all up by again saying that the “Old West” portrayed in the movies never really existed.