The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid - The Noted Desperado of the Southwest Whose Deeds of Daring and Blood Made His Name a Terror in New Mexico Arizona and Northern Mexico

Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1954. 19th Printing . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 4 3/4" x 7 1/4. Imoboden, Cathy - Cover Design. 156 Pages. Reprint of the 1954 Copyright. Front cover has a 3 inch crease at the top and spine has a slight cock.. Interior text and illustrations are faultless with no marks or stampos. A faithful and interesting narrative by the Sheriff who hunted him down and killed him. This book was first published in 1882, a year after the death of Billy the Kid and was written in collaboration with Garrett's friend and frontier newspaperman Ashmun Upson. Introduction by J.C. Dykes. Pat Garrett was the Southwest's most celebrated sheriff who was besdt known for his killing Billy the Kid The most fascinating account of lawlessness in the old Southwest. First published in 1882 the year after the Kid's death Sheriff Garrett laid the foundation for the Billy the Kid legend of which countless movies, magazine articles and books were created. In the introduction Dykes points out the verifiable, the probable and the unlikely in Garrett's dramatic story of the outlaw. Contents in 23 Chapters beginning with Nativity Childhood and Youth His First Taste of Blood and ending with Chapter 23 Again On The Trail--The Kid Hunted Down--The Kid Dies But Not With His Boots On.