News Release


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: May 10, 2007
Contact: Gayle Martin
Phone: 623-764-1162 - Fax: 520-723-4532
E-mail: gayle@azlivinghistory.net
Website: www.LukeandJennyBooks.com

Wild West comes alive for young readers in a new novel about Tombstone, Arizona

Luke and his sister Jenny aren't overly excited when they first learn of their mother's plan to take them to Tombstone, Arizona, as part of their vacation while their father is stationed in Iraq. Their lack of enthusiasm changes in a hurry, however, when they are suddenly swept back to the 1880s and come face-to-face with Wyatt Earp and his brothers, Doc Holliday, and the rival Clantons.

All this takes place within the pages of Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - Luke and Jenny Visit Tombstone, a new historical fiction novel by Gayle Martin, famous throughout Arizona for bringing alive the state's colorful past as a performer and storyteller.

In Martin's book, when the batteries in Luke's video game mysteriously lose power, it quickly becomes obvious that things aren't as they seem to be. Luke and Jenny are met by Swamper, a kindly gentleman who was the handyman for the now defunct Grand Hotel. Swamper then guides the youngsters through the events of that fateful time, explaining to them what is happening and why.

Young readers are right there with Luke and Jenny as they learn firsthand the true story of the Earp brothers and what lead to the historic shootout. Adults, too, will learn facts about this famous confrontation that they may never have learned.

"Because history is too often taught as simply names and dates," says Martin, "youngsters find the information boring and difficult to absorb." But history doesn't have to be that way, she says. "History is really the story of people and what they've done. Through Luke and Jenny, young readers will get to know the people of the past and what they did."

The book, the first of a series of historical fiction novels planned by Martin, is now being published by Wheatmark.

Scheduled for re-release in June 2007, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - Luke and Jenny Visit Tombstone (ISBN 987-1-58736-863-9, historical fiction, is published by Wheatmark, Inc., 610 E Delano St, Ste 104, Tucson, AZ, 85705. The book will be available through Ingram, Baker & Taylor and Bertram Books, U.K. To request a free review copy and/or to schedule an interview with the author, please contact Gayle Martin.



Publisher: Five Star Legends, a division of Five Star Publications, Inc.
Price: $15.95 / Historical Fiction
Size: 6" x 9"
ISBN: 978-1-58985-050-7
Website: www.LukeandJennyBooks.com