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Billy The Kid S Pretenders
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Author : Gale Cooper
language : en
Publisher: Gelcour Books
Release Date : 2010-02
Billy The Kid S Pretenders written by Gale Cooper and has been published by Gelcour Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02 with categories.
Billy The Kid
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Author : Richard W. Etulain
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2020-07-16
Billy The Kid written by Richard W. Etulain and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-16 with History categories.
A central character in legends and histories of the Old West, Billy the Kid rivals such western icons as Jesse James and General George Armstrong Custer for the number of books and movies his brief, violent life inspired. Billy the Kid: A Reader’s Guide introduces readers to the most significant of these written and filmed works. Compiled and written by a respected historian of the Old West and author of a masterful new biography of Billy the Kid, this reader’s guide includes summaries and evaluations of biographies, histories, novels, and movies, as well as archival sources and research collections. Surveying newspaper articles, books, pamphlets, essays, and book chapters, Richard W. Etulain traces the shifting views of Billy the Kid from his own era to the present. Etulain’s discussion of novels and movies reveals a similar shift, even as it points out both the historical inaccuracies and the literary and cinematic achievements of these works. A brief section on the authentic and supposed photographs of the Kid demonstrates the difficulties specialists and collectors have encountered in locating dependable photographic sources. This discerning overview will guide readers through the plethora of words and images generated by Billy the Kid’s life and legend over more than a century. It will prove invaluable to those interested in the demigods of the Old West—and in the ever-changing cultural landscape in which they appear to us.
Billy The Kid
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Author : James B. Mills
language : en
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Release Date : 2022-07-15
Billy The Kid written by James B. Mills and has been published by University of North Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-15 with History categories.
In the annals of American western history, few people have left behind such lasting and far-reaching fame as Billy the Kid. Some have suggested that his legend began with his death at the end of Pat Garrett’s revolver on the night of July 14, 1881, in Fort Sumner. Others believe that the legend began with his unforgettable jailbreak in Lincoln, New Mexico, several months prior on April 28, 1881. Others still insist his legend began with the publication in 1926 of Walter Noble Burns’s book, The Saga of Billy the Kid. James B. Mills has left no stone unturned in his twenty-year quest to tell the complete story of Billy the Kid. He explores the Kid’s disputable origins, his family’s migration from New York into the Southwest, and how he became an orphan, as well as his involvement in the Lincoln County War, his outlaw exploits, and his dealings with Governor Lew Wallace. Mills illuminates the Kid’s relationships with his enemies, lovers, and numerous friends to contextualize the man’s character beyond his death and legacy. Most importantly, Mills is the first historian to fully detail the Kid’s relations with New Mexicans of Spanish descent. So, the question remains, who really was the person the world knows as Billy the Kid? Was he more than a young reprobate committed to a life of crime, who relished becoming a famous outlaw and cold-blooded, self-absorbed “sociopath” or “thug” that some still prefer him—need him—to be? Or was he in fact, the generally good-hearted, generous, courteous, young vigilante that so many remembered with considerable fondness, who ultimately preferred the company of the more peaceable Hispanic population than his own Anglo people? In this groundbreaking biography, Mills takes the reader closer to the flesh-and-blood human being named Henry McCarty, alias William H. Bonney, than ever before.
Billy The Kid On Film 1911 2012
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Author : Johnny D. Boggs
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2013-09-06
Billy The Kid On Film 1911 2012 written by Johnny D. Boggs and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-06 with Performing Arts categories.
A comprehensive filmography, this book is composed of lengthy entries on about 75 films depicting legendary New Mexico outlaw Billy the Kid--from the lost Billy the Kid (1911) to the blockbuster Young Guns (1988) to the direct-to-video 1313: Billy the Kid(2012) and everything in between. Each entry gives a synopsis, cast and credits, critical reception, and a discussion of the events of the films compared to the historical record. Among the entries are made-for-TV and direct-to-video films, foreign movies, and continuing television series in which Billy the Kid made an appearance.
Tall Tales And Half Truths Of Billy The Kid
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Author : John LeMay
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2015-06-29
Tall Tales And Half Truths Of Billy The Kid written by John LeMay and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“A great exposé . . . that humorously captures the many myths that Americans are willing to believe and that make up the tapestry of the Old West.” —Former Representative Morgan Nelson While many respectable books on Billy the Kid aim to demystify his illusory life, this one-of-a-kind collection proudly has no such intention. Find all of the untold and potentially true—but very unlikely and highly embellished—stories of the Kid’s life, death and enthralling life thereafter. Be thrilled by sightings of Billy’s ghost riding through old Fort Sumner and marvel at his search for the fabled Lost Adams Diggings. Wonder at the mysterious thefts of his tombstone and discover the famed desperado’s dozen or so doppelgangers who posthumously popped up all across the Southwest. Courtesy of yarn-spinning raconteurs of yore, author John LeMay unveils the many forgotten and discarded tales of the legendary William H. Bonney, an everlasting emblem of the American West.
Thunder In The West
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Author : Richard W. Etulain
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2020-07-09
Thunder In The West written by Richard W. Etulain and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Even before he was shot and killed in 1881, Billy the Kid’s charisma and murderous career were generating stories that belied his brief life—and that only multiplied, growing to legendary proportions after his death at age twenty-one. In Thunder in the West, Richard W. Etulain takes the true measure of Billy, the man and the legend, and presents the clearest picture yet of his life and his ever-shifting place and presence in the cultural landscape of the Old West. Billy the Kid—born Henry McCarty in 1859, and also known as William H. Bonney—emerges from these pages in all his complexity, at once a gentleman and gregarious companion, and a thief and violent murderer. Tapping new depths of research, Etulain traces Billy’s short life from his mysterious origins in the East through his wanderings in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. As we move from his peripatetic early years through the wild West to his fatal involvement in the Lincoln County Wars, we see the impressionable boy give way to the conflicted young man and, finally, to the opportunistic and often amoral outlaw who was out for himself, for revenge, and for whatever he could steal along the way. Against this deftly drawn portrait, Etulain considers the stories and myths spawned by Billy’s life and death. Beginning with the dime novels featuring Billy the Kid, even during his lifetime, and ranging across the myriad newspaper accounts, novels, and movies that alternately celebrated his outlaw life and condemned his exploits, Etulain offers a uniquely informed view of the changing interpretations that have shaped and reshaped the reputation of this enduring icon of the Old West. In his portrayal, Billy the Kid lives on, not as a cut-throat desperado or a young charmer but as both—hero and villain, myth and man, fully realized in this twenty-first-century interpretation.
Brushy Bill
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Author : Roy L. Haws
language : en
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Release Date : 2015-03-17
Brushy Bill written by Roy L. Haws and has been published by Sunstone Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
For many years, a man known as Brushy Bill Roberts proclaimed to all who would listen that he was the historical and legendary Billy the Kid, alive and well. And there were various books written that claimed this to be true. As a result, many became convinced of the validity of Brushy’s claim and Brushy's elaborate fable has continued to capture the imagination. In this book, the author has attempted to dispel the elaborate hoax once and for all. Brushy Bill Roberts was not Billy the Kid. He was, in fact, just an interesting elderly man, known by his family and acquaintances as a colorful Old West storyteller.
Billy The Kid S Pretenders
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Author : Gale Cooper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-08-31
Billy The Kid S Pretenders written by Gale Cooper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-31 with categories.
Gale Cooper's Billy the Kid's Pretenders, Brushy Bill and John Miller, in hardcover and paperback, 348 pages, debunks old-timer Billy the Kid imposters, "Brushy Bill" Roberts and John Miller, by comparing their tall tales to actual history, and links their hoaxes to the later "Billy the Kid Case" forensic hoax.
Montana
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Montana written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Frontier and pioneer life categories.
Billy The Kid S Writings Words And Wit
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Author : Gale Cooper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Billy The Kid S Writings Words And Wit written by Gale Cooper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Frontier and pioneer life categories.
Billy the Kid’s Writings, Words, and Wit is the definitive, almost 600 page study, with 93 illustrations, of the written and spoken legacy of Old West icon, William H. Bonney, known as Billy the Kid. All his known communications are presented in full: deposition, court transcript, bill of sale, letters, and newspaper interviews. And originals of all Billy the Kid’s writings are presented in an appendix. In addition, presented is a new and fascinating Billy the Kid letter, authenticated by the author. Being revisionist history, the text, analyzing everything from his penmanship to his intellectual brilliance, places Billy’s words in the context of his × portraying him as a freedom fighter in the lost multi-cultural Lincoln County War. The backdrop is of the corrupt Santa Fe Ring political cabal, against which Billy and his fellow Regulators fought, and of Billy’s failed negotiation for a pardon for his Lincoln County War indictments from hypocritical Territorial Governor Lew Wallace. Implications of Billy the Kid’s writings are brought to the present day with discussion of the modern Santa Fe Ring and its hijack attempt by hoaxing his history. The long Bibliography and index provide access to the multiple and varied foundation sources.