Billy the Kid

A Short and Violent Life

Nonfiction, History
Cover of the book Billy the Kid by Robert M. Utley, UNP - Bison Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Robert M. Utley ISBN: 9780803295667
Publisher: UNP - Bison Books Publication: December 1, 2013
Imprint: Bison Books Language: English
Author: Robert M. Utley
ISBN: 9780803295667
Publisher: UNP - Bison Books
Publication: December 1, 2013
Imprint: Bison Books
Language: English

Whatever his name or alias at the moment—Henry McCarty, Henry Antrim, Kid Antrim, Billy Bonney—people always called him the Kid. Not until his final month did anyone call him Billy the Kid. Newspapers pictured him as a king of outlaws; and his highly publicized capture, trial, escape, and end fixed his image in the public mind for all time. He was only twenty-one years old when a bullet from Sheriff Pat Garett’s six-shooter killed him on July 14, 1881. Within a year Billy the Kid became the subject of five dime-novel “biographies” as well as Garett’s ghost-written account, and that was just the beginning.

 

Robert M. Utley does what countless books, movies, television shows, musical compositions, and paintings have failed to do: he successfully strips off the veneer of legendry to expose the reality of Billy the Kid. Using previously untapped sources, he presents an engrossing story—the most complete and accurate ever—of a youthful hoodlum and sometime killer who found his calling in New Mexico’s bloody power struggle known as the Lincoln County War. In unmasking the legend Utley also tells us much about our heritage of frontier vigilantism and violence.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Whatever his name or alias at the moment—Henry McCarty, Henry Antrim, Kid Antrim, Billy Bonney—people always called him the Kid. Not until his final month did anyone call him Billy the Kid. Newspapers pictured him as a king of outlaws; and his highly publicized capture, trial, escape, and end fixed his image in the public mind for all time. He was only twenty-one years old when a bullet from Sheriff Pat Garett’s six-shooter killed him on July 14, 1881. Within a year Billy the Kid became the subject of five dime-novel “biographies” as well as Garett’s ghost-written account, and that was just the beginning.

 

Robert M. Utley does what countless books, movies, television shows, musical compositions, and paintings have failed to do: he successfully strips off the veneer of legendry to expose the reality of Billy the Kid. Using previously untapped sources, he presents an engrossing story—the most complete and accurate ever—of a youthful hoodlum and sometime killer who found his calling in New Mexico’s bloody power struggle known as the Lincoln County War. In unmasking the legend Utley also tells us much about our heritage of frontier vigilantism and violence.

More books from History

Cover of the book British Policy in Persia, 1918-1925 by Robert M. Utley
Cover of the book We Are Fighting the World by Robert M. Utley
Cover of the book Paso Robles by Robert M. Utley
Cover of the book Gettysburg--The Second Day by Robert M. Utley
Cover of the book Honor's Voice by Robert M. Utley
Cover of the book Frontline Cookbook by Robert M. Utley
Cover of the book Airborne Armour by Robert M. Utley
Cover of the book Scientology by Robert M. Utley
Cover of the book German Infantryman vs Russian Infantryman by Robert M. Utley
Cover of the book U.S. Army Combat Pistol Training Handbook by Robert M. Utley
Cover of the book Look Up! by Robert M. Utley
Cover of the book The Quest for the Northwest Passage by Robert M. Utley
Cover of the book Eine vergleichende Analyse des Herrschaftsbegriffs bei Max Weber und Hannah Arendt by Robert M. Utley
Cover of the book John Leech: His Life and Work (Complete) by Robert M. Utley
Cover of the book Dover by Robert M. Utley
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy