Walking Dead Man - Paperback

by J. R. Roberts (Author)

The doctors back East were fifteen years premature when they told Dr. John Henry Holliday that he had little time left to live. The "walking dead man" headed West, where he built a reputation as a gentleman, a gambler, and a gunman. He was known as Doc Holliday. And he was about to meet up with none other than Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson. Of course, this was long before the famous shoot-out at OK Corral-and the legendary gunfighters weren't exactly the best of friends yet. History was in the making. Clint Adams, the Gunsmith, was right in the middle of it. And he was hoping to get out of it-alive...

Author Biography

J.R. Roberts (Robert J. Randisi) is an American author who writes in the Detective and Western genres. He has authored more than 500 published books and has edited more than 30 anthologies of short stories. Booklist magazine said he "may be the last of the pulp writers." He co-founded and edited Mystery Scene magazine and co-founded the American Crime Writers League. He founded The Private Eye Writers of America in 1981, where he created the Shamus Award. 2013: Mr. Randisi received the President's Award (which recognizes a major career contribution to excellence in Western literature) from the ReadWest Foundation.