Stuart N. Lake

Stuart N. Lake (1889-09-23, Rome, New York – 1964-01-27, San Diego, California) was a writer whose material dealt largely with the American Old West. He is remembered as the author of "", a highly fictionalized 1931 biography of Wyatt Earp that served as the basis for several movies (including John Ford's "My Darling Clementine") as well as the 1957 television series "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp", and also did other writing for motion pictures.

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* [http://www.kshs.org/publicat/khq/1976/76_2_shillingberg.htm Wyatt Earp and the "Buntline Special" Myth]
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