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Ever since Billy the Kid was shot by Pat Garrett on a summer night in New Mexico in 1881, historians and storytellers have been spinning his legend, not always agreeing on whether he was the most romantic of western desperadoes or a rat-faced wimp. Now Jon Tuska tells all that can truly be known abo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tuska, Jon (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1986, ©1983.
Subjects:
Billy, > the Kid.
Billy, > the Kid > Bibliography.
Outlaws > Southwest, New > Biography.
Southwest, New > Biography.
Robbers and outlaws > Southwest, New > Biography.
Hors-la-loi > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Biographies.
États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Biographies.
Outlaws.
New Southwest.
Criminals > Southwest, New > Biography.
Southwestern States > Biography.
bibliographies.
collective biographies.
Bibliographies.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • The life and death of Billy the Kid
  • Billy and the historians : bibliography of historical sources
  • Billy the Kid in fiction : bibliography of fictional sources
  • Billy the Kid in film : filmography and bibliography
  • The legend of Billy the Kid : bibliography of critical sources
  • Appendix A: a Billy the Kid miscellany
  • Appendix B: a Billy the Kid chronology.