Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride

Wallis, Michael

ISBN 10: 0393060683 / ISBN 13: 9780393060683

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393060683
• ISBN 13: 9780393060683
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

From the best-selling author of Route 66 comes this long-awaited biography of one of America’s most legendary folk heroes.

Award-winning historian Michael 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 twenty-one, 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 and presents an unforgettable portrait of this brief and violent life.

About the Author

Michael Wallis, author of The Best Land Under Heaven and the best-selling Route 66 and Billy the Kid, has published nineteen books and won numerous awards and honors. He is a popular public speaker and voice actor and lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.