Spanning most of American history, each biography is an overview of the life of an American who captured the spirit of the nation and will be helpful not only for research and reports but also for the casual reader.
Complemented by rare images and period photographs, an evocative re-creation of the life of Billy the Kid journeys behind the sensationalized legend to reveal the real world of the celebrity outlaw, a young man who became one of the most ...
Heralded by Booklist as an enjoyable reexamination of a legendary piece of Americana, this book traces the life of the famous desperado and the controversy that still is debated today. Now in paperback!
In a rousing tale that is partly truth, partly fiction, read the story that started its own wild frontier in the most influential version out there.
Four is a more likely number, three in self-defense. In Before Billy the Kid, author Melody Groves explores the early life of the infamous outlaw, the teenage boy who loved to sing and dance.
Traces the brief and violent life of the outlaw who gained notoriety throughout the West
“A marvelous journey into both history and imagination…A perfectly compelling and fast-paced story” (San Francisco Chronicle) from Ron Hansen about an iconic American criminal of the old West: legendary outlaw, Billy the Kid.
But he also published a biography in 1936 titled “The Real Billy the Kid.” His aim in that book, he proclaimed, was to write the Kid’s story “without embellishment, based entirely on actual fact.” Otero had known the outlaw ...
Albergo Empedocle, and Other Writings
This fictional tale of real-life legend Billy the Kid imagines William Bonney's fate had his life of crime taken a very different turn. This edition includes an author's note about the real Billy the Kid.
Courtesy of yarn-spinning raconteurs of yore, author John LeMay unveils the many forgotten and discarded tales of the legendary William H. Bonney, an everlasting emblem of the American West.