Doc Holliday
The Life and Legend

I gave it three stars for the author's research. But as far as story telling I would give two stars. It was a bitch to get through. It is thoroughly, thoroughly, and thoroughly researched. The author will go off on tangents about ALL the characters involved no matter how small a person's role, the p......more

This book has a promising start, looking at Doc Holliday's formative years in Georgia. Since little is known about the legendary frontier gambler/gunman, the observations about how the Old South shaped him are quite informative. There is also a solid look at his final years in Colorado. In between,......more

This is the biography of a man who left no account of himself in his own words, which means it as much a book about "Doc Holliday" as it is about John Henry Holliday, D.D.S. Possibly slightly more. Given the inevitable constraints of its subject matter, I think it is an excellent book and excellent......more

A very readable account of Doc Holliday and the little we know of him. It's been said that trying to flesh out the real Doc is like trying to put clothes on a ghost; to search for him is to pilot in the near dark. Roberts does a thorough job at sorting through what we can know and what we can reason......more

Without a doubt Mr. Roberts has written the best book I have ever read about the enigmatic Dr. John Henry Holiday and I have read many. Mr. Roberts has done through research, debunking some of the popular myths that surround Doc. Yes, there is some speculation but that is almost inevitable consideri......more