Better Than It's Ever Been Told Before | A Conversation with Mark Lee Gardner

Award-winning historian, author, and musician Mark Lee Gardner, expert on Wild West figures such as Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Jesse James, and others, joins James Townsend to discuss his upcoming book Brothers of the Gun: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and a Reckoning in Tombstone, published by Dutton, and available on November 11, 2025.

We cover a lot of ground, from Wyatt Earp, Pat Garrett, Billy Bonney, films like Tombstone, Young Guns, and Wyatt Earp, to research methods and how to get history right.

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