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Thunder in the West : the life and legends of Billy the Kid / Richard W. Etulain.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Etulain, Richard W., author.
- Series:
- Oklahoma western biographies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Billy, the Kid.
- Billy.
- Outlaws--Southwest, New--Biography--History and criticism.
- Outlaws.
- History.
- Historiography.
- Legends.
- New Southwest.
- Billy, the Kid--In literature.
- Legends--Southwest, New.
- Southwest, New--In popular culture.
- Southwest, New.
- Southwest, New--History--1848---Historiography.
- Lincoln County (N.M.)--History--19th century--Historiography.
- Lincoln County (N.M.).
- Literature.
- Outlaws--Biography.
- New Mexico--Lincoln County.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 428 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Life and legends of Billy the Kid
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Biography of the notorious westerner William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, and evaluates more than a century of interpretations of him by biographers and historians, novelists, and film-makers"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Mysterious Origins: Henry McCarty to William Bonney
- Entering Territorial New Mexico: Setting the Scene
- Negotiating Silver City and Arizona
- Entering Lincoln County: Setting the Scene
- Peopling the Battleground: The Dramatic Personae
- Billy Comes to Lincoln County
- A War Heats Up in New Battles
- The Five-Day Battle
- A New Kind of Journey
- Looking for a Path
- Days of Decline and Death
- Who and What Was Billy the Kid?
- The Rise of a Legendary Billy the Kid, 1880-
- Billys of Another Kind, 1926-
- The Rise of a Bifurcated Billy, 1960-
- Billy from 1995 to the Present
- Pondering the Life and Legends of Billy the Kid.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806166254
- 0806166258
- OCLC:
- 1141039070
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