The Saga of Billy the Kid

The Thrilling Life of America's Original Outlaw

Biography & Memoir
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Author: Walter Noble Burns ISBN: 9781632201126
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Publication: November 11, 2014
Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing Language: English
Author: Walter Noble Burns
ISBN: 9781632201126
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Publication: November 11, 2014
Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing
Language: English

The classic biography that forever installed Billy the Kid in the pantheon of mythic heroes from the Old West.

This dramatic biography tells the rousing tale of Billy the Kid, one of the most infamous outlaws in the Old West. The Saga of Billy the Kid focuses on a period of time when two dangerous gangs tore a bloody path across Lincoln, New Mexico. After being shot to death in 1881 by the intrepid Lincoln County sheriff Pat Garrett, Billy the Kid became a romanticized symbol of the wildness that laced the American West. Interest in the outlaw’s wild life grew after Walter Noble Burns first published this book in 1926, setting Billy the Kid up as one of the finest examples of the loss of the Wild West. As the United States grew more industrialized, the stories of saloons, train robberies, and lone cowboys became even more important, and remain so today. In a rousing tale that is partly truth, partly fiction, read the story that started its own wild frontier.

“A Wild Western movie out of real life.” —H. L. Mencken

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The classic biography that forever installed Billy the Kid in the pantheon of mythic heroes from the Old West.

This dramatic biography tells the rousing tale of Billy the Kid, one of the most infamous outlaws in the Old West. The Saga of Billy the Kid focuses on a period of time when two dangerous gangs tore a bloody path across Lincoln, New Mexico. After being shot to death in 1881 by the intrepid Lincoln County sheriff Pat Garrett, Billy the Kid became a romanticized symbol of the wildness that laced the American West. Interest in the outlaw’s wild life grew after Walter Noble Burns first published this book in 1926, setting Billy the Kid up as one of the finest examples of the loss of the Wild West. As the United States grew more industrialized, the stories of saloons, train robberies, and lone cowboys became even more important, and remain so today. In a rousing tale that is partly truth, partly fiction, read the story that started its own wild frontier.

“A Wild Western movie out of real life.” —H. L. Mencken

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