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"Love this stuff. Thanks Margaret!  One of my favorites, living in MD was when Jeb Stuart was riding through Maryland ( After Antietam and leading up to Gettysburg) and was invited to stay the night with…"

"LOL good grief!!  "

""The Outlaw" 1943 Jane Russell, Jack Buetel Walter Huston. Aside from Jane Russell it seems pretty lame. But It's the description of it on Directv that cracked me up!!!  " Billy the Kid, Doc Hoilliday and Pat Garrett…"

"A pair of Peacemakers on me and a Winchester in my scabbard. Yes sir!"

"Awesome! I Look forward to buying/reading it!"

"Just read this book! Alot of good reading if you are a fan of Doc's! You will have to be a real fan to read it all because most of it is a history and you have to love history to enjoy this book! I enjoyed it!"

"Doc was relatively healthy in the Tombstone period.  He was only 30, he was in a dry climate which is the best sort of climate for a tubercular to be in, & he made the 'vendetta ride' with Wyatt & Sherman…"

" John, A small correction-I should have said that Masterson's negative quote about Doc probably emanated from the time of the Dodge City Peace Commission incident in which I think Doc was indeed marginally involved as one of the stand by…"

"  John,     I believe Bat's assessment of Holliday came from his association with him in Denver in the mid 80's after Doc's further decline.Knowing Wyatt's and Doc's friendship kept him from getting too…"

"Masterson referring to his condition once said Doc was a "weakling who could not have whipped a healthy fifteen-year-old boy in a go-as-you-please fist fight""

"Vito, Most Hollywood actors haven't a clue about southern culture and tend to do generic accents.On two television series,True Blood and Hart of Dixie The accents are a mish-mashed conglomeration and the cultural assumptions are stereotypical…"

"  I watched a relative die from tuberculosis when I was a child and until the last tertiary stage of t.b. most don't have that skeletal,death warmed over look.While in Tombstone Doc still maintained a weight around 150 -160 pounds and his…"

"My vote has always gone for Quaid in "Wyatt Earp".  He was a believable near-death TB patient who has pretty much had the life beaten out of him.  To me, this matches Bat Masterson's characterization very well.  Val…"

"I also liked his roll. I though he did a good job with the tuberculosis parts. Ms Tanner mentions in the book about how hollywood has used... "Large, Robust actors to play John Henry"... (she names a few) "

"I agree Wolfgang. This I think was one of Dennis's best roles."