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Pat F. Garrett's The authentic life of Billy, The Kid / with notes and commentary by Frederick Nolan.

Title
Pat F. Garrett's The authentic life of Billy, The Kid / with notes and commentary by Frederick Nolan.
Author
Garrett, Pat F. (Pat Floyd), 1850-1908
Publication
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2000.

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Additional Authors
Nolan, Frederick W., 1931-2022
Description
xix, 197 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
This edition, complete with the original text, provides an introduction that reappraises the last fatal meeting of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett. Frederick Nolan shows how the Garrett's book is responsible for misconceptions about the Kid's early life and his short, violent career.
Uniform Title
Authentic life of Billy, the Kid
Alternative Title
Authentic life of Billy, the Kid
Subject
  • Billy, the Kid
  • Since 1848
  • Outlaws > Southwest, New > Biography
  • Frontier and pioneer life > Southwest, New
  • Southwest, New > Biography
  • Southwest, New > History > 1848-
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Biographies
Note
  • Originally published: The authentic life of Billy, the Kid. Santa Fe, N.M. : New Mexican Print. and Pub. Co., 1882.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The origins of the Lincoln County War -- The Emil Fritz will -- Events leading up to the killing of Tunstall -- The birth of the Regulators -- Events leading up to the death of Brady -- Storm clouds gather -- Turmoil in Lincoln County -- Recriminations -- The Kid tries to clear his name -- The siege of the Greathouse Ranch -- The Kid and Governor Wallace.
ISBN
0806132272 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^99048284^
OCLC
  • 42435058
  • SCSB-12433347
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library