“I regarded (him) as absolutely destitute of physical fear,” Bat Masterson wrote.
Wyatt Earp is one of the few men Masterson personally knew in the West in the early days. He was not alone in his assessment of Earp. Masterson, along with other lawmen of the day, considered that most men’s courage was generally based on their fear of what other…
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