| The Saga of Billy the Kid Contributor(s): Burns, Walter Noble (Author), Etulain, Richard W. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0826321534 ISBN-13: 9780826321534 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 1999 Annotation: First published in 1926, this entertaining and dramatic biography forever installed outlaw Billy the Kid in the pantheon of mythic heroes from the Old West and is still considered the single most influential portrait of Billy in this century. "Saga" focuses on the Kids life and experiences in the bloody war between the Murphy-Dolan and Tunstall-McSween gangs in and around Lincoln, New Mexico, between 1878 and 1881. Burns paints the Kid as a boyish Robin Hood or romantic knight galvanized into a life of crime and killing by the wars violence and bloodshed. Billy represented the romantic and anarchic Old West that the march of civilization was rapidly displacing. His destroyer was Pat Garrett, the courageous sheriff of Lincoln County. Garretts shooting of Billy in 1881 hastened the closing of the American frontier. Walter Noble Burnss "Saga of Billy the Kid" kindled a fascination in Billy the Kid that survives to this day. Richard W. Etulains foreword discusses the singular importance of Saga in the historical literature on Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 99036553 |
| Lexile Measure: 1090(Not Available) |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.62" W x 8.27" L (0.90 lbs) 340 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Features: Bibliography |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1926, this entertaining and dramatic biography forever installed outlaw Billy the Kid in the pantheon of mythic heroes from the Old West and is still considered the single most influential portrait of Billy in this century. Saga focuses on the Kid's life and experiences in the bloody war between the Murphy-Dolan and Tunstall-McSween gangs in and around Lincoln, New Mexico, between 1878 and 1881. Burns paints the Kid as a boyish Robin Hood or romantic knight galvanized into a life of crime and killing by the war's violence and bloodshed. Billy represented the romantic and anarchic Old West that the march of civilization was rapidly displacing. His destroyer was Pat Garrett, the courageous sheriff of Lincoln County. Garrett's shooting of Billy in 1881 hastened the closing of the American frontier. Walter Noble Burns's Saga of Billy the Kid kindled a fascination in Billy the Kid that survives to this day. Richard W. Etulain's foreword discusses the singular importance of Saga in the historical literature on Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War. |
Contributor Bio(s): Etulian, Richard W.: - Richard Etulain is professor emeritus of history at the University of New Mexico and the author or editor of more than forty books. Etulain lives in Clackamas, Oregon.Burns, Walter Noble: - Walter Noble Burns (1872-1932), was a journalist and historian in Chicago. |
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