Peter Brand
Published Works
Outlaw-Lawman articles & books published in chronological order:
Sherman W. McMaster(s)
The El Paso Salt War, Texas Rangers & Tombstone
Western Outlaw Lawman History Assoc., Vol. VIII, No. 4, Winter 1999
The Escape of Curly Bill Brocius
Western Outlaw Lawman History Assoc., Vol. IX, No. 2, Summer 2000
Daniel G. Tipton & the Earp Vendetta Posse
National Association for Outlaw and Lawman History Quarterly
Vol. XXIV No. 4 (October-December 2000)
Doc Holliday's Friends and Enemies:
Dan Tipton and Johnny Tyler
(by Peter Brand & Roger Jay)
True West Magazine - December 2001
Wyatt Earp, Jack Johnson & the Notorious Blount Brothers
National Association for Outlaw and Lawman History Quarterly
Vol. XXVII No. 4 (October-December 2003)
The Life and Crimes of Perry Mallon
The Man who arrested Doc Holliday
1st Edition Book Published - June 2006
Wyatt Earp's Vendetta Posse
Wild West Magazine - April 2007
The Man Who Arrested Doc Holliday
The Story of Perry Mallon
Wild West Magazine - June 2009
Duty Bound
The Story of John Wilson Vermillion &
The Mystery of Tombstone's Texas Jack
Wild West History Association Journal, August 2010, Vol. 3 No. 4
(Awarded the WWHA Journal Article of the Year 2011)
Dangerous and Inept
Curly Bill's Brutal Assault
Wild West Magazine - February 2011
Wyatt Earp's Vendetta Posse Rider
The Story of Texas Jack Vermillion
1st Edition Book Published - August 2012
The Killing of Charlie Storms by Luke Short
A Closer Look at the Gunfight and its Consequences
Wild West History Association Journal, March 2016, Vol. 9 No. 1
(Awarded the WWHA Journal Article of the Year 2017)
Doc Holliday in Montana
Wild West Magazine - October 2016
J. W. Hawkins - Private Detective
1st Edition Book Published - April 2017
SOLD OUT
The Empty Sleeve Gunfight
J. W Evans' Shoot-out in Prescott
True West Magazine - May 2017
Sex, Lies and Betrayal
J. W. Hawkins - Private Detective
Wild West Magazine - June 2017
Black Fate in Laramie
The Hanging of George Black
Wild West Magazine - October 2017
Doc Holliday – Under Arrest
The Tombstone Epitaph (National Edition) - October 2017
10 Myths of the Earp Vendetta Ride
True West Magazine – April 2018
Doc Holliday’s Nemesis
The Story of Johnny Tyler
& Tombstone’s Gamblers’ War
1st Edition Book Published - July 2019
A Wyatt Earp Anthology
“Long May His Story Be Told”
Book published by the University of North Texas Press, 2019
Editors: Roy B. Young, Gary L. Roberts & Casey Tefertiller
Chapter 20 – Wyatt Earp, Jack Johnson
& The Notorious Blount Brother by Peter Brand
Chapter 33 – Wyatt Earp’s Vendetta Posse by Peter Brand
(Awarded the WWHA Book of the Year 2019)
(True West Magazine Editors’ and Readers’ Choice award for Best Author and Historical Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2019)
Ben Sippy
Tombstone City Marshal – Career Criminal
Part One
Wild West History Association Journal, September 2020, Vol. 13 No. 3
(Awarded the WWHA Journal Article of the Year 2021)
Doc Holliday's Friends and Enemies
Dan Tipton and Johnny Tyler
(by Peter Brand & Roger Jay)
True West Magazine - October 2020
Texas Jack Vermillion
Cracking a 130-year-old identity cold-case with primary research
The Tombstone Epitaph (National Edition) - November 2020
Ben Sippy
Tombstone City Marshal – Career Criminal
Part Two
Wild West History Association Journal, December 2020, Vol. 13 No. 4
(Awarded the WWHA Journal Article of the Year 2021)
Blood on the Green Cloth
Fighting for the Faro Dollar in Tombstone
True West Magazine – October 2021
The One-Armed Lawman
J. W. Evans made his mark in Prescott
The Tombstone Epitaph (National Edition) - May 2022
Wyatt Earp's Vendetta Posse Rider
The Story of Texas Jack Vermillion
2nd Edition Book Published – November 2022
Perry Mallon
The Conman Who Arrested Doc Holliday
2nd Edition Book Published – November 2022
“Killing Him Instantly”
Doc Holliday vs. Henry Kahn
The Tombstone Epitaph (National Edition) – February 2023
Josephine “Sadie” Earp’s
Sordid Secrets & Lies
Wild West History Association Journal, March 2023, Vol. 16 No. 1
(Awarded the WWHA Journal Article of the Year 2024)
Trauma & Tragedy
The Life of Victoria Behan
“A Good, True Woman”
Part One
Wild West History Association Journal, June 2024, Vol. 17 No. 2
Trauma & Tragedy
The Life of Victoria Behan
“A Good, True Woman”
Part Two
Wild West History Association Journal, September 2024, Vol. 17 No. 3
Josephine “Sadie” Earp
The Sordid Truth
1870 - 1883
1st Edition Book Published - September, 2024
Josephine “Sadie” Earp
Secrets & Lies
The Tombstone Epitaph (National Edition) – November, 2024
Outlaw-Lawman characters & topics currently being researched
John Oberland "Texas Jack" Vermillion
"Turkey Creek Jack" Johnson, aka John W. Blount
The Notorious Blount Brothers - John, Bud, Jake & Sam
Origen Charles Smith, aka O. C. "Hairlip” Charlie Smith
Daniel G. "Dan" Tipton
Sherman McMaster (aka Sherman McMasters)
Wyatt Earp's Vendetta Posse
John Henry “Doc” Holliday
George "Shotgun" Collins
John Wilson Vermillion
Benjamin F. "Big Ben" Maynard
Anthony "Tony" Kraker
Johnny "Crooked Mouth" Green
George Millsap
“Rebel George” Knowlton
Edward "Big Ed" Byrnes (aka Big Ed Burns)
William "Curly Bill" Brocius
Perry Mallon, aka Perry Mallen
James William "J. W." Hawkins: Private Detective
Charles S. "Charlie" Storms
Henry “Dublin” Lyons
John E. "Johnny" Tyler
Joseph “J. W. Evans”
Benjamin “Ben” Sippy
Marshall Williams
Victoria Behan
Josephine “Sadie” Marcus - Sadie Mansfield - “Sadie” Earp
Pioche, Nevada
Panamint City, California
Tombstone, Arizona
Leadville, Colorado
Published Works
Outlaw-Lawman articles & books published in chronological order:
Sherman W. McMaster(s)
The El Paso Salt War, Texas Rangers & Tombstone
Western Outlaw Lawman History Assoc., Vol. VIII, No. 4, Winter 1999
The Escape of Curly Bill Brocius
Western Outlaw Lawman History Assoc., Vol. IX, No. 2, Summer 2000
Daniel G. Tipton & the Earp Vendetta Posse
National Association for Outlaw and Lawman History Quarterly
Vol. XXIV No. 4 (October-December 2000)
Doc Holliday's Friends and Enemies:
Dan Tipton and Johnny Tyler
(by Peter Brand & Roger Jay)
True West Magazine - December 2001
Wyatt Earp, Jack Johnson & the Notorious Blount Brothers
National Association for Outlaw and Lawman History Quarterly
Vol. XXVII No. 4 (October-December 2003)
The Life and Crimes of Perry Mallon
The Man who arrested Doc Holliday
1st Edition Book Published - June 2006
Wyatt Earp's Vendetta Posse
Wild West Magazine - April 2007
The Man Who Arrested Doc Holliday
The Story of Perry Mallon
Wild West Magazine - June 2009
Duty Bound
The Story of John Wilson Vermillion &
The Mystery of Tombstone's Texas Jack
Wild West History Association Journal, August 2010, Vol. 3 No. 4
(Awarded the WWHA Journal Article of the Year 2011)
Dangerous and Inept
Curly Bill's Brutal Assault
Wild West Magazine - February 2011
Wyatt Earp's Vendetta Posse Rider
The Story of Texas Jack Vermillion
1st Edition Book Published - August 2012
The Killing of Charlie Storms by Luke Short
A Closer Look at the Gunfight and its Consequences
Wild West History Association Journal, March 2016, Vol. 9 No. 1
(Awarded the WWHA Journal Article of the Year 2017)
Doc Holliday in Montana
Wild West Magazine - October 2016
J. W. Hawkins - Private Detective
1st Edition Book Published - April 2017
SOLD OUT
The Empty Sleeve Gunfight
J. W Evans' Shoot-out in Prescott
True West Magazine - May 2017
Sex, Lies and Betrayal
J. W. Hawkins - Private Detective
Wild West Magazine - June 2017
Black Fate in Laramie
The Hanging of George Black
Wild West Magazine - October 2017
Doc Holliday – Under Arrest
The Tombstone Epitaph (National Edition) - October 2017
10 Myths of the Earp Vendetta Ride
True West Magazine – April 2018
Doc Holliday’s Nemesis
The Story of Johnny Tyler
& Tombstone’s Gamblers’ War
1st Edition Book Published - July 2019
A Wyatt Earp Anthology
“Long May His Story Be Told”
Book published by the University of North Texas Press, 2019
Editors: Roy B. Young, Gary L. Roberts & Casey Tefertiller
Chapter 20 – Wyatt Earp, Jack Johnson
& The Notorious Blount Brother by Peter Brand
Chapter 33 – Wyatt Earp’s Vendetta Posse by Peter Brand
(Awarded the WWHA Book of the Year 2019)
(True West Magazine Editors’ and Readers’ Choice award for Best Author and Historical Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2019)
Ben Sippy
Tombstone City Marshal – Career Criminal
Part One
Wild West History Association Journal, September 2020, Vol. 13 No. 3
(Awarded the WWHA Journal Article of the Year 2021)
Doc Holliday's Friends and Enemies
Dan Tipton and Johnny Tyler
(by Peter Brand & Roger Jay)
True West Magazine - October 2020
Texas Jack Vermillion
Cracking a 130-year-old identity cold-case with primary research
The Tombstone Epitaph (National Edition) - November 2020
Ben Sippy
Tombstone City Marshal – Career Criminal
Part Two
Wild West History Association Journal, December 2020, Vol. 13 No. 4
(Awarded the WWHA Journal Article of the Year 2021)
Blood on the Green Cloth
Fighting for the Faro Dollar in Tombstone
True West Magazine – October 2021
The One-Armed Lawman
J. W. Evans made his mark in Prescott
The Tombstone Epitaph (National Edition) - May 2022
Wyatt Earp's Vendetta Posse Rider
The Story of Texas Jack Vermillion
2nd Edition Book Published – November 2022
Perry Mallon
The Conman Who Arrested Doc Holliday
2nd Edition Book Published – November 2022
“Killing Him Instantly”
Doc Holliday vs. Henry Kahn
The Tombstone Epitaph (National Edition) – February 2023
Josephine “Sadie” Earp’s
Sordid Secrets & Lies
Wild West History Association Journal, March 2023, Vol. 16 No. 1
(Awarded the WWHA Journal Article of the Year 2024)
Trauma & Tragedy
The Life of Victoria Behan
“A Good, True Woman”
Part One
Wild West History Association Journal, June 2024, Vol. 17 No. 2
Trauma & Tragedy
The Life of Victoria Behan
“A Good, True Woman”
Part Two
Wild West History Association Journal, September 2024, Vol. 17 No. 3
Josephine “Sadie” Earp
The Sordid Truth
1870 - 1883
1st Edition Book Published - September, 2024
Josephine “Sadie” Earp
Secrets & Lies
The Tombstone Epitaph (National Edition) – November, 2024
Outlaw-Lawman characters & topics currently being researched
John Oberland "Texas Jack" Vermillion
"Turkey Creek Jack" Johnson, aka John W. Blount
The Notorious Blount Brothers - John, Bud, Jake & Sam
Origen Charles Smith, aka O. C. "Hairlip” Charlie Smith
Daniel G. "Dan" Tipton
Sherman McMaster (aka Sherman McMasters)
Wyatt Earp's Vendetta Posse
John Henry “Doc” Holliday
George "Shotgun" Collins
John Wilson Vermillion
Benjamin F. "Big Ben" Maynard
Anthony "Tony" Kraker
Johnny "Crooked Mouth" Green
George Millsap
“Rebel George” Knowlton
Edward "Big Ed" Byrnes (aka Big Ed Burns)
William "Curly Bill" Brocius
Perry Mallon, aka Perry Mallen
James William "J. W." Hawkins: Private Detective
Charles S. "Charlie" Storms
Henry “Dublin” Lyons
John E. "Johnny" Tyler
Joseph “J. W. Evans”
Benjamin “Ben” Sippy
Marshall Williams
Victoria Behan
Josephine “Sadie” Marcus - Sadie Mansfield - “Sadie” Earp
Pioche, Nevada
Panamint City, California
Tombstone, Arizona
Leadville, Colorado