Celebrated as a man who took control of his own destiny, Wyatt Earp came to epitomize the town-taming marshal responsible for bringing the forces of law, order and civilization to the Wild West.

The big picture: "Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War," released last ... Wild West history," narrator Ed Harris says in the show's trailer. Yes, but: Not everyone was impressed. Zoom in: Perhaps ...

Since the earliest days of film and television, Wyatt Earp has personified the ultimate Western outlaw hero. Dozens of productions have told his story, and still more have characters based on him.