This novel by the author of Tombstone (Audio Reviews, LJ 5/1/92) is such a mixture of fact, fiction, and legend that it is difficult to be sure where the truth stops and the storytelling begins. Since controversies still rage over the historical accuracy of the various accounts of Earp's career, to describe Wyatt Earp as "faction" is perhaps the safest bet. As Braun describes it, Earp, while running for sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, runs up against crooked politicians and lawmen. After brothers Virgil and Morgan are shot, Wyatt seeks revenge. The reader, Monroe Howard Sheppard, has a limited range of male voices and even fewer female voices. Regardless, this program will be enjoyed by most Western buffs. For large collections.?Sister Avila, formerly with Acad. of the Holy Angels, Minneapolis
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