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Thunder in the West : the life and legends of Billy the Kid
- Title
- Thunder in the West : the life and legends of Billy the Kid / Richard W. Etulain.
- Author
- Etulain, Richard W.
- Publication
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2020]
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 428 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "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"--
- Series Statement
- Oklahoma western biographies ; 32
- Uniform Title
- Oklahoma western biographies ; 32.
- Alternative Title
- Life and legends of Billy the Kid
- Subject
- Billy, the Kid
- Billy, the Kid > In literature
- Since 1800
- Outlaws > Southwest, New > Biography > History and criticism
- Legends > Southwest, New
- Historiography
- Legends
- Literature
- Outlaws > Biography
- Southwest, New > In popular culture
- Southwest, New > History > Historiography. > 1848-
- Lincoln County (N.M.) > History > Historiography. > 19th century
- New Mexico > Lincoln County
- New Southwest
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Literature.
- Biographies.
- Literary criticism.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFD 21-3566
- ISBN
- 9780806166254
- 0806166258
- LCCN
- 2019057916
- OCLC
- 1141039070
- Author
- Etulain, Richard W., author.
- Title
- Thunder in the West : the life and legends of Billy the Kid / Richard W. Etulain.
- Publisher
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2020]
- Type of Content
- textstill imagecartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Oklahoma western biographies ; 32Oklahoma western biographies ; 32.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- Since 1800
- Research Call Number
- JFD 21-3566