Bibliograph

Thunder in the West, the life and legends of Billy the Kid, Richard W. Etulain

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Thunder in the West, the life and legends of Billy the Kid, Richard W. Etulain

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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individual biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Thunder in the West

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1141039070

Responsibility statement

Richard W. Etulain

Series statement

Oklahoma western biographies, 32

Sub title

the life and legends of Billy the Kid

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

Table Of 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

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Life and legends of Billy the Kid

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