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Beschreibung
This new, in-depth life of Henry McCarty, alias Billy Bonney, alias Billy the Kid, offers fresh perspectives, not only on the Lincoln County War and his boyhood in Silver City, New Mexico, but also on his Irish mother's origins and immigration to Indiana, his public-school education in Indianapolis, the McCarty family's moves to Wichita, Kansas, and Santa Fe, and his two-year outlaw adventures in Arizona.
For the first time, the whole person emerges. This biography brings together a huge amount of material, much of it made available to researchers only in recent years. The result is an original, authoritative, and provocative portrait of Billy the Kid as both outlaw and frontier fighter against the infamously corrupt Santa Fe Ring.
This new, in-depth life of Henry McCarty, alias Billy Bonney, alias Billy the Kid, offers fresh perspectives, not only on the Lincoln County War and his boyhood in Silver City, New Mexico, but also on his Irish mother's origins and immigration to Indiana, his public-school education in Indianapolis, the McCarty family's moves to Wichita, Kansas, and Santa Fe, and his two-year outlaw adventures in Arizona.
For the first time, the whole person emerges. This biography brings together a huge amount of material, much of it made available to researchers only in recent years. The result is an original, authoritative, and provocative portrait of Billy the Kid as both outlaw and frontier fighter against the infamously corrupt Santa Fe Ring.
Über den Autor
George R. Matthews has written on the Olympics, baseball and Zebulon Pike, and is a member of Biographers International Organization and the National Coalition of Independent Scholars. He lives in New Mexico.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

[...] Kid from Indiana

2."Wichita street gamin"

3.Family Antrim

4."Dressed like a 'country jake'"

[...] Company

[...] Englishman Named Tunstall

7."A community favorite"

8.A Taxpayer's Complaint

9."Murderers, outlaws, and desperate characters"

10."What, John? What, John?"

11.Deputy Constable Billy Bonney

12."Powers behind the throne"

13."A terrible alternative"

14."One of nature's noblemen"

15."The grandest victory yet won by the people"

16."Affairs have somewhat changed here"

17."We didn't scare worth a damn"

18."Such men as Billy Kid"

19."We intend to play the same game"

20."I Have no Wish to fight any more"

21."It was a game of two and I got there first"

22."Dwelling number 240"

23."All the world loves a lover"

24."Extreme penalty of the law"

25.A Shot in the Dark

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781476695266
ISBN-10: 1476695261
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Matthews, George R.
Hersteller: McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 254 x 178 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: George R. Matthews
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.02.2025
Gewicht: 0,59 kg
Artikel-ID: 131836372