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by Mary Doria Russell
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Sawcat's Book Blog
Sawcat's Book Blog rated it 13 years ago
Did not finish this one. Research was good but stylistically it is all over the map. Parts sound more like biography, and parts read like the historical fiction it is, and this is within one section of one chapter. There is no sense of time. The writing style suggests that it is told fairly straight...
Reading the Bricks
Reading the Bricks rated it 14 years ago
Doc is a beautifully written story that has lingered in my imagination beyond its return to the library.
Lillie Loves to Read
Lillie Loves to Read rated it 14 years ago
3 1/2 stars
A Book and A Review #2
A Book and A Review #2 rated it 14 years ago
I have always been "interested" why the story of Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp and the OK corral has survived through history...Although I have never been interested in it enough to read history books on it....I was hoping if I read fiction, it may be able to keep me interested to figure it out. The stor...
The Drift Of Things
The Drift Of Things rated it 14 years ago
Summer of 1878. The much-too-famous thirty seconds of shooting at the O.K. Corral was three years in the future. Doc Holliday was in Dodge City, Kansas. It was here that he cemented his friendship with the Earp brothers---Wyatt, Morgan, and James. By this time, John Henry "Doc" Holliday was already...
misfitandmom
misfitandmom rated it 14 years ago
"That was the fork in the road. That was when everything might have changed."This book might be better named as Doc, the early years, because if you are expecting Doc's story to take you on to Tombstone and the infamous shootout at the OK Corral you are going to be sorely disappointed. That said, th...
Telynor's Library, and then some
Telynor's Library, and then some rated it 14 years ago
I really enjoyed this one, and found all of the characters intriguing in their own right. Telling the story of how Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday met in Dodge City, Kansas, this is an insightful novel of the American West, morality, coping with illness and loss, and a story that is very different than ...
That's What She Read
That's What She Read rated it 14 years ago
I had the distinct pleasure of hearing Ms. Russell speak last October at the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association's trade show. She freely admitted that she had developed a crush on John Henry Holliday and gave many reasons for why she did so. After reading Doc, one understands exactly wh...
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