History of "Billy the Kid" - Couverture souple

Siringo, Charles A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0826321976 ISBN 13 : 9780826321978

Editeur : University of New Mexico Press, 2000

Synopsis

Reprinted only once since its first publication in 1920, this is the rarest book on the New Mexico gunfighter. Born in Texas in 1855, Siringo was a cowboy, Pinkerton detective, western writer, and Hollywood advisor until his death in 1928, and crossed the Kids path once or twice in the Texas Panhandle and New Mexico. His account incorporates some inaccuracies but offers genuine historical nuggets such as cowboy Jim Easts eyewitness account of the Kids capture by Pat Garrett at Stinking Spring. Enormously popular at the turn of the century, Siringo single-handedly kept Billy the Kids flame alive until the 1920s. Historian Frederick Nolan discusses the place of Siringos account in Billy the Kid literature.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The true life of the most daring young outlaw of the age. He was the leading spirit in the bloody Lincoln County, New Mexico, war. When a bullet from Sheriff Pat Garett’s pistol pierced his breast he was only twenty-one years of age, and had killed twenty-one men, not counting Indians. His six years of daring outlawry has never been equalled in the annals of criminal history.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of New Mexico Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0826321976
• ISBN 13: 9780826321978
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible