According to the author, Marcus sparked the world's most famous gunfight, buried her husband in a Jewish cemetery after he died in 1929, and subsequently shaped the legend of Wyatt Earp and the Wild West. In 2013, Kirschner's book was selected as an Editor's Choice by The New York Times Sunday Book Review and Kirschner was honored as best new Western author by True West Magazine.
According to the author, Marcus ignited the world's most famous gunfight, buried her husband in a Jewish cemetery after his death in 1929, and later shaped the legend of Wyatt Earp and the Wild West. In 2013, Kirschner's book was selected as an Editor's Choice by The New York Times Sunday Book Review and Kirschner was honored as the best new Western author by True West Magazine.