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Thunder in the West : the life and legends of Billy the Kid
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"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 fil...
"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"--
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- Creator
- Richard W. Etulain
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2020]
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- xviii, 428 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780806166254, 0806166258
- OCLC
- on1141039070
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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