Billy the Kid : the endless ride / Michael Wallis.
Historian Wallis has spent several years re-creating the rich, anecdotal saga of Billy the Kid (1859-1881), a deeply mythologized young man who became a legend in his own time and yet remains an enigma to this day. With the Gilded Age in full swing and the Industrial Revolution reshaping the American landscape, "the Kid, " who was gunned down by Sheriff Pat Garrett in the New Mexico Territory at the age of 21, became a new breed of celebrity outlaw. He arose amid the mystery and myth of the swiftly vanishing frontier and, sensationalized beyond recognition by the tabloids and dime-store romances of the day, emerged as one of the most enduring icons of the American West--not to mention one of Hollywood's most misrepresented characters. This new biography, filled with dozens of rare images and period photographs, separates myth from reality in its portrait of this brief and violent life.--From publisher description.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393060683
- ISBN: 0393060683
- Physical Description: xvii, 328 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2007]
- Copyright: ©2007
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-308) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Personal Introduction xiii -- Map: Billy the Kid Country xviii -- Prologue Quien Es? 1 -- 1 Once upon a Time 5 -- 2 On the Trail 13 -- 3 Wichita 19 -- 4 Brotherhood of the Gun 27 -- 5 Contagious War 35 -- 6 Pulp Fiction 41 -- 7 Silver Threads Among the Gold 51 -- 8 Land of Little Time 59 -- 9 One Step over the Line 71 -- 10 Gone on the Scout 81 -- 11 Saddle Tramp 91 -- 12 Kad Antrim 99 -- 13 First Blood 109 -- 14 At Large 119 -- 15 Banditti 127 -- 16 Seven Rivers 139 -- 17 Billy Bonney 151 -- 18 Eye of the Storm 159 -- 19 Dream Killers 167 -- 20 Unfortunate War Spawns the Myth 181 -- 21 Endless War 193 -- 22 Firestorm 209 -- 23 Devil or Angel 219 -- 24 El Chivato 233 -- Epilogue: Billy's Never-ending Ride 249. |
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| Subject: | Billy, the Kid. Billy, the Kid > Pictorial works. Outlaws > Southwest, New > Biography. Frontier and pioneer life > Southwest, New. Southwest, New > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Illustrated works. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Hampton B. Allen Library | 364.15 W (Text) | 18198000514382 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
