Billy the Kid His Life and Legend

Author/creator Tuska, Jon Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAlbuquerque : University of New Mexico Press
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Summary Annotation 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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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 96023957
ISBN9780826317704
ISBN0826317707 (Trade Paper) Out of Print
Standard identifier# 9780826317704
Stock number00027321

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