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This insightful and imaginative book investigates the twisted trail of Tombstone from silver boom town to dusty ghost town to tourist Wild West mecca. The struggle over historic preservation or the lack of it has created a cast of characters as colorful and driven as any who strolled down Allen Street in 1881. The gunfight at the O.K. Corral is reenacted repeatedly in modern Tombstone, but many a showdown preceded it in the struggle to find an uneasy balance between historic preservation and the imaginary West of our collective fantasies. McCormack tells this remarkable story with scholarly objectivity, but also with grace, wit, and considerable empathy. Paul Andrew Hutton, author of Sunrise in His Pocket: The Life, Legend, and Legacy of Davy Crockett

This insightful and imaginative book investigates the twisted trail of Tombstone from silver boom town to dusty ghost town to tourist 'Wild West' mecca. The struggle over historic preservation--or the lack of it--has created a cast of characters as colorful and driven as any who strolled down Allen Street in 1881. The gunfight at the O.K. Corral is reenacted repeatedly in modern Tombstone, but many a showdown preceded it in the struggle to find an uneasy balance between historic preservation and the imaginary West of our collective fantasies. McCormack tells this remarkable story with scholarly objectivity, but also with grace, wit, and considerable empathy. --<b>Paul Andrew Hutton</b>, author of <i>Sunrise in His Pocket: The Life, Legend, and Legacy of Davy Crockett</i>

<i>Imagining Tombstone</i> is a highly informative text, suitable for students, scholars, and nonacademic audiences alike. McCormack provides a significant contribution to the fields of historic preservation, tourism studies, and the American West. <i><b>H-Net Reviews</i></b>

This insightful and imaginative book investigates the twisted trail of Tombstone from silver boom town to dusty ghost town to tourist Wild West mecca. The struggle over historic preservation or the lack of it has created a cast of characters as colorful and driven as any who strolled down Allen Street in 1881. The gunfight at the O.K. Corral is reenacted repeatedly in modern Tombstone, but many a showdown preceded it in the struggle to find an uneasy balance between historic preservation and the imaginary West of our collective fantasies. McCormack tells this remarkable story with scholarly objectivity, but also with grace, wit, and considerable empathy. <b>Paul Andrew Hutton</b>, author of <i>Sunrise in His Pocket: The Life, Legend, and Legacy of Davy Crockett</i>

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Kara L. McCormack is a postdoctoral teaching fellow in the Thinking Matters Program at Stanford University.

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