Annette Ranald's Blog: Annette's History Reads - Posts Tagged "bisbee"

When I go on a trip, I never miss an opportunity to go into all the gift shops I can find. I pass up the t-shirts, shot glasses, and other knick-knacks, and head right to the book shelves. There's a reason for this. Many of these books are by local historians, and not all of them will be available on Amazon, or even Kindle. Case in point, Bisbee: Then and Now, a book by a local historian and photographer, is available in the Mining and History Museum gift shop for $12. You have to buy it used on Amazon, for much more.

If you're lucky, like I was in both Bisbee and Tombstone, you'll find docents or book shop caretakers who are also amateur historians themselves. They are often full of stories, and of suggestions where to look for stories. In Tombstone, I made a contact with a docent who agreed to let me contact him in future to pick his brain, if and when the notion to write about the OK Corral gunfight ever strikes me. So many stories, so little time! Attached to this blog are a few of the books I picked up. Doc Holliday: A Family PortraitMattie: Wyatt Earp's Secret Second WifeOn the Border with CrookVictorio: Apache Warrior and ChiefBisbee, Arizona, Then And Now