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Billy the Kid: His Life and Legend
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Billy the Kid: His Life and Legend Hardcover - 1994

by Jon Tuska


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Was Billy the Kid the most romantic of Western desperadoes or a vicious killer? Ever since the Kid was shot by Pat Garrett in 1881, historians, storytellers, and filmmakers have been recounting and reinventing his life. In 1983 Jon Tuska published his first edition of Billy the Kid, and it was immediately recognized as the most accurate account yet produced. Choice called it A magnificent tour de force and a model for others who would study legendary heroes of the American West.

In this new edition, Tuska reexamines the Kid's life and legend, and he analyzes the numerous histories, novels, films, and other interpretations of the Kid. He points out the errors of earlier materials as well as those perpetuated in the last 12 years. As with the earlier volume, this is the last word on the Western figure who still captures the public imagination beyond all others. For public libraries and all students and scholars of the American West and American Popular Culture.

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  • Title Billy the Kid: His Life and Legend
  • Author Jon Tuska
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Greenwood, Troy, Missouri, U.S.A.
  • Date 1994-05
  • ISBN 9780313285899 / 0313285896
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.25 x 6.13 x 1.22 in (23.50 x 15.57 x 3.10 cm)
  • Reading level 1430
  • Library of Congress subjects Billy, Southwest, New - Biography
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93040176
  • Dewey Decimal Code 364.155

About the author

JON TUSKA is a prolific writer on the American West and film. In addition to his numerous books and articles, he has been involved in film and television productions.

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