Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life by Utley, Robert M.

ISBN: 0803295588

Author: Utley, Robert M.

Condition: new

Its certain to remain the authoritative biography that at last makes the Kids life whole and understandable.-San Francisco ChronicleRobert 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 Mexicos 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.