The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid: A Faithful & Interesting Narrative (The Western Frontier Library Series)

Garrett, Pat F.

ISBN 10: 080611195X / ISBN 13: 9780806111957

Published by University of Oklahoma Press, 1974

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid: A Faithful & Interesting Narrative (The Western Frontier Library Series)
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080611195X
• ISBN 13: 9780806111957
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 7 ounces

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Synopsis

Of all firsthand accounts of lawlessness in the old Southwest, none is more fascinating than Pat F. Garrett’s The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid. First published in 1882, a year after Sheriff Garrett killed the Kid, "the bravest and most feared’ gunman of the Lincoln County, New Mexico, cattle war, it is at once the most authoritative biography of William H. Bonney and the foundation of the Billy the Kid legend.

 

 

About the Authors

Pat F. Garrett, the Southwest's most celebrated sheriff, is best known for his killing of Billy the Kid and for this book, which was written in collaboration with his friend, frontier newspaperman Ashmun Upson.

J.C. Dykes wrote extensively on the West and is the author of Billy the Kid: The Bibliography of a Legend and coauthor of King Fisher: His Life and Times.