Billy the Kid : the endless ride / Michael Wallis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallis, Michael, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Billy, the Kid.

Billy.

Billy, the Kid--Pictorial works.

Outlaws--Southwest, New--Biography.

Outlaws.

New Southwest.

Southwest, New--Biography.

Southwest, New.

Frontier and pioneer life--Southwest, New.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Genre:

Biographies.

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

xvii, 328 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2007]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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 The 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-308) and index.

ISBN:

9780393060683

0393060683

OCLC:

77270750