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082 0 0 _a364.15 W176b 2007
100 1 _aWallis, Michael,
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245 1 0 _aBilly the Kid :
_bthe endless ride /
_cMichael Wallis.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bW.W. Norton & Co.,
_cc2007.
300 _axvii, 328 p., [16] p. of plates :
_bill., map, ports. ;
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [297]-308) and index.
520 _aHistorian 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.
650 0 _aOutlaws
_zSouthwest, New
_vBiography.
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650 0 _aFrontier and pioneer life
_zSouthwest, New.
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856 4 1 _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip077/2006101364.html
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