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Billy the Kid: His Life and Legend
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Billy the Kid: His Life and Legend Paperback - 1997

by Tuska, Jon


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This tour de force of western scholarship, a revised and expanded version of Tuska's Billy the Kid: A Bio-Bibliography, adds ten year's worth of scholarship to the earlier effort. Tuska provides a carefully documented biography of the Kid; bibliographical essays on historical scholarship, fiction, films, and cultural criticism; and a chronology of his life and death.

Tuska's careful scholarship and analysis of sources refutes the mythical embellishments that have surrounded Billy the Kid. He concludes that in order for such a legend to arise, it is necessary for a historical character to have qualities that permit ambiguous interpretations of his behavior.

"A model for others who would study legendary heroes of the American West". -- Choice

"Anyone interested in Western outlaws will find this handsomely illustrated volume indispensable". -- Los Angeles Herald Examiner

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  • Title Billy the Kid: His Life and Legend
  • Author Tuska, Jon
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Trade Pape
  • Publisher Univ of New Mexico Pr, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Date 1997
  • ISBN 9780826317704
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Billy the Kid: His Life and Legend

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