The
Private Journal
of
George Whitwell Parsons

The Tombstone Years 1882-1887

edited and transcribed by

Carl Chafin

Unfortunately this book is now out of print.

This is the definitive reference work on frontiersman George Parsons and the history of Tombstone, Arizona during the turbulent 1880s.  This is the only complete and unabridged edition of the Tombstone years of Parsons' fascinating journal and is the result of editor Carl Chafin's painstaking research over a 30-year period. In fact, Chafin is very likely the only person who has ever read the entire available journal, which covers a period of 50 years.

"Carl Chafin...is probably the best informed person alive on the history of Tombstone." --Richard Erwin, author of The Truth about Wyatt Earp.

"These diaries have been carefully edited by Carl Chafin....His knowledge of Tombstone and Arizona is unparalleled." --Don Chaput, author, historian and Curator Emeritus of the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles.

"Chafin has been researching and working on the transcription of Parsons' journal since 1967. Utilizing a research database of 100,000 cards, he has identified practically every person mentioned in the journal." --Tombstone Tumbleweed, the historical newspaper in Tombstone, Arizona.

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