Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life - Couverture souple

Utley, Robert M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0803295588 ISBN 13 : 9780803295582

Editeur : Bison Books, 1991

Synopsis

"It's certain to remain the authoritative biography that at last makes the Kid's life whole and understandable."--San Francisco Chronicle

Robert 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 Mexico's 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robert M. Utley is a preeminent historian of the West and the author of numerous award-winning books, including The Last Days of the Sioux Nation; Frontiersmen in Blue: The United States Army and the Indian, 1848-1865 (Nebraska, 1981); Custer and the Great Controversy: The Origin and Development of a Legend (Nebraska, 1998); and Frontier Regulars: The United States Army and the Indian, 1866-1891 (Bison Books, 1984).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bison Books
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803295588
• ISBN 13: 9780803295582
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 342
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible