Doc Holliday is an untold story. A shootist and mankiller, Holliday was widely known across the West. He was a mysterious figure who lived with a gun at his side. With all the stories of the Old West, Holliday seems to breeze through them with ease. People feared his name in boomtowns and mining camps from the Dakotas to Texas. His cunning personality and deadly personality overshadowed some of the best, even Wyatt Earp. He was a gunfighter who accepted any challenge, and never lost. There is far not enough credit given to Holliday for his story, but why is he such a mystery? This is the story of how a well known dentist known as Dr. John H. Holliday was transformed into the Doc Holliday of legend.

         One introduction just isn’t enough. He was one of the coolest killers ever to hold a gun and quite the gambler. Holliday was a con man dodging all the passes the law threw at him. For all these reasons, many times he was marked as not a good man. This is very much true, but I am here to write about his bad side because that is what makes him famous. Doc Holliday was good at many other things. Some see him as a bad person, others as an inspiration. He was good at making his own way under circumstances that would seem impossible. He was good at following his own course, unswayed by public attitudes. He was good at keeping faith in his friends and respect towards others. He was a swift and classy guy. Something I like about Doc Holliday is that he was also good at accepting facts without thinking twice. Even though this is the start of my project, there is a commonality between the guys I am researching. They are not afraid of death and stay true to dignity they have set for themselves.