Roy B Young
Newton Earp
Mon May 23, 9:02

Finally, my book "Newton Jasper Earp: Mystery Brother of the Famous 'Fighting Earps'" is going to press. It should be ready to market in July. The delay was that I had let "Chasing Billy the Kid..." book take over my life for the past couple of years; it went to press last week and should premier at the WWHA Roundup in July.

    • That son of a - — Karen M, Sun May 22 18:26
      I did not see that one coming. How did you know about this article?! Maybe that family has a recessive allele that expresses itself as the behavioural phenotype of wife abandonment… Thats not a rea... more
      • Re: That son of a - — Bob Cash, Mon May 23 12:20
        Karen, I kind of dimly remembered seeing this article when I was doing research on Virgil W. Earp, but I didn't even get to the point of looking up "Virgil E. Earp" on the Chronicling America" web sit... more
      • Newton Earp — Roy B Young, Mon May 23 9:02
        • Wonderful news. — Mike Mihaljevich, Fri May 27 11:08
          Congratulations, Roy. Given how good your TTR presentation was, it's going to be a great addition to the field. Mike
          • Thank You, Mike — Roy B Young, Fri May 27 11:48
            Thank you, Mike. I've added bits and pieces, the past two years, to Newton's story, letting Billy the Kid get in the way as I completed that book. Just had a call that the page proofs for the Billy ... more
        • Re: Newton Earp — B.J., Tue May 24 2:06
          Roy, I appreciate the update on both books, please inform when publication details are available. I seem to remember years ago Cindy Reidhead mentioned something about Newton feeling like the family b... more
          • Newton — Roy B Young, Wed May 25 7:56
            Thanks, BJ. I'm hoping to have the books in hand by early July. Cindy was as way off base on Newton as a black sheep as she was on Billy the Kid, making him out to be a hermaphrodite (as she announc... more
            • Re: Newton — Bob Cash, Thu May 26 18:52
              "This book will give us the next to last book to have covered all the Earp brothers. One remains...." Julian, right?
              • Julian — Roy B Young, Fri May 27 11:48
                Right, Bob. Ole Julian will finally get his due one of these days! Ha. Thanks for the laugh.
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