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Title: The Saga of Billy the Kid (Historians of the Frontier and American West Series) by Walter Noble Burns ISBN: 0-8263-2153-4 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Wonderful Look Into A Short Life!!
Comment: Billy the Kid is one of the West's most famous outlaws, yet there is little in the history books to detail his short but very violent life. In addition, most of what has been written has been written in the later part of the 20th century and relies not so much on true knowledge as on what can be found here and there.
This book, original written in 1924, is wonderful because the author actually found people still alive who had known Billy the Kid and who had lived through the Lincoln County Wars. While these people were hardly young when interviewed, they still had very good memories of Billy and his life style. This provides a look that is often missing in history.
One area that was missing was any detailed information on the early life of Billy the Kid, but, as the author points out, much was lost and may never be known.
The language in the book is, at times, difficult to process, as it was written in the style prevalent in 1924, not 2002. And it is a language that is caught between the older American English and modern American English. Generally it is a smooth read, but does have a couple of rough spots.
This is a MUST READ if you really want to know about the portion of Billy the Kids life that ocured during the Linclon County Wars!!
Rating: 4
Summary: WLATER NOBLES BURNS HAS WRITTEN AN ALL-TIME WETS CLASSIC!
Comment: THIS IS TRULY A WORK OF ART. HE BEGINS WITH THE RIVALRY BETWEEN JOHN CHIUSUM AND MAJOR A.G. MURPHY AND THE WAR THAT ESCALETS FROM THEIR RIVALRY. IT INTRODUCES WILLIAM BONNEY AS AN INNOCENT MAN WHO'S LOVE/RESPECT FOR HIS BOSS LEADS HIM TO HIS LEGENDARY LIFE AND DEATH. WRITTEN WITH PRECISE DETAIL AND ARRESTING INTENSITY.. A MUST HAVE
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Title: High Noon in Lincoln: Violence on the Western Frontier by Robert M. Utley ISBN: 0826312012 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1990 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life by Robert M. Utley ISBN: 0803295588 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1991 List Price(USD): $13.41 |
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Title: Tombstone : An Iliad of the Southwest (Historians of the Frontier and American West Series) by Walter Noble Burns ISBN: 0826321542 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The West of Billy the Kid by Frederick Nolan ISBN: 0806131047 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: "Dear Old Kit": The Historical Christopher Carson by Harvey Lewis Carter, Kit Kit Carson's Own Story of His Life Carson ISBN: 0806122536 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1990 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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