Since a July night in 1881 when he was shot down at the age of 21,
Billy the Kid has been a victim of the myths that surrounded and
captured him. This vivid interpretation of the Kid's life and
character will come as an exciting revelation to readers who may
have been familiar only with the earlier fictionalized versions.
For here is real, moving tragedy painted in broad brush strokes
with the vivid hues of the stark American Southwestern landscape.
Never before has there been brought into true focus the Lincoln
County War, which broke out in 1878 in the then Territory of New
Mexico, and which furnished the background and the period for the
adventures of this extraordinary boy. The literature concerning
both the desperate cattle war and the singular young outlaw have
necessarily been constructed around a thin framework of fact with
its papier mache facade of myth and legend. So persistent have been
these legends that the true character of the Kid seemed almost
beyond reach. Indeed, the Western poet, Arthur Chapman, once wrote
that "Billy the Kid must remain wholly the most unaccountable
figure in frontier history." Frazier Hunt (1885 - 1968) had the
good fortune to have access to a great mass of fresh and
unpublished source material which fully documents this thrilling
history of the Kid and his times. It is a new and rather appealing
boy who now comes to light-an alert, likeable yet tough youngster,
adored by the native Mexicans no less for his fluency in Spanish
than for his kindness and consideration, but no wanton killer. In
place of the former distorted figure of legend, a young man of
flesh and blood and heart emerges into clear perspective. So at
last we have the real Billy the Kid-authentic, true-and completely
accountable.
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