The West of Billy the Kid
by Frederick W. Nolan
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In The West of Billy the Kid, renowned authority Frederick Nolan has assembled a comprehensive photo gallery of the life and times of Billy the Kid. In text and in more than 250 images-many of them published here for the first time-Nolan recreates the life Billy lived and the places and people he knew. This unique assemblage is complemented by maps and a full biography that incorporates Nolan?s original research, adding fresh depth and detail to the Kid?s story and to the lives and show more backgrounds of those who witnessed the events of his life and death. Here are the faces of Billy?s family, friends, and enemies: John Tunstall and John Chisum, Sheriff Pat Garrett and Governor Lew Wallace, Jimmy Dolan and Bob Olinger, Alexander McSween and Paulita Maxwell, and many others. Here are Santa Fe and Silver City as Billy the Kid saw them, Lincoln, Las Vegas, and Tascosa. Recent photographs show the Kid?s haunts as they appear today. show lessTags
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Frederick Nolan was born in Liverpool, England, in 1931. He worked as an editor at many major publishing houses in London, including Corgi (Bantam), Penguin, and Ballantine, while writing western fiction under the pseudonym Frederick H. Christian. In 1973, Nolan quit his job as a publishing executive to become a full-time writer.
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- Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government
- DDC/MDS
- 364.1 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Crime Criminal offenses
- LCC
- F786 .N62 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history New Southwest. Colorado River, Canyon, and Valley
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