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Overview"""Having written about New Mexico history for more than forty years,"" explains the author, ""it was perhaps inevitable that in time I should publish a few articles on Billy the Kid. After all, he is the one figure from this state's past whose name is known around the world. The Kid's career, although astonishingly short, nonetheless, left an indelible mark in the annals of the Old West. And his name, William H. Bonney, alias Billy the Kid, seems locked forever into the consciousness of the starry-eyed public. Upon request,"" the author continues, ""I was able to assemble a collection of my varied writings pertaining to some of Billy's real or imagined deeds. Each section opens a small window on an aspect of his tumultuous life, or casts light upon others whose fortunes intersected with his. In this book, I have stalked Billy in an erratic rather than a systematic way, taking pleasure merely in adding a few new and unusual fragments to his biography. I trust that readers who have a fascination with the history and legend of Billy the Kid will find in these pages something of interest and value. As Eugene Cunningham wrote more than seventy years ago, 'in our imagination the Kid still lives--the Kid still rides.'""" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marc SimmonsPublisher: Sunstone Press Imprint: Sunstone Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9780865345256ISBN 10: 0865345252 Pages: 196 Publication Date: 15 June 2006 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor Information"Marc Simmons is a professional author and historian who has published more than forty books on New Mexico and the American Southwest. His popular ""Trail Dust"" column is syndicated in several regional newspapers. In 1993, King Juan Carlos of Spain admitted him to the knightly Order of Isabel la Católica for his contributions to Spanish colonial history. His books include ""Turquoise and Six-Guns: The Story of Cerrillos, New Mexico,"" ""New Mexico Mavericks: Stories of a Fabled Past,"" ""Yesterday in Santa Fe: Episodes in a Turbulent History,"" ""Charles F. Lummis: Author and Adventurer,"" and, with Frank Turley, ""Southwestern Colonial Ironwork: The Spanish Blacksmithing Tradition from Texas to California,"" all published by Sunstone Press." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |