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Wanted - The Outlaw Lives of Billy the Kid and Ned Kelly (Paperback)
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Wanted - The Outlaw Lives of Billy the Kid and Ned Kelly (Paperback)
Series: The Lamar Series in Western History
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List price R415
Loot Price R332
Discovery Miles 3 320
You Save R83 (20%)
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A renowned biographer compares the lives and times of American
outlaw Billy the Kid and his Australian counterpart Ned Kelly The
oft-told exploits of Billy the Kid and Ned Kelly survive vividly in
the public imaginations of their respective countries, the United
States and Australia. But the outlaws' reputations are so weighted
with legend and myth, the truth of their lives has become obscure.
In this adventure-filled double biography, Robert M. Utley reveals
the true stories and parallel courses of the two notorious
contemporaries who lived by the gun, were executed while still in
their twenties, and remain compelling figures in the folklore of
their homelands. Robert M. Utley draws sharp, insightful portraits
of first Billy, then Ned, and compares their lives and legacies. He
recounts the adventurous exploits of Billy, a fun-loving, expert
sharpshooter who excelled at escape and lived on the run after
indictment for his role in the Lincoln Country War. Bush-raised
Ned, the son of an Irish convict father and Irish mother, was a man
whose outrage against British colonial authority inspired him to
steal cattle and sheep, kill three policemen, and rob banks for the
benefit of impoverished Irish sympathizers. Utley recounts the
exploits of the notorious young men with accuracy and appeal. He
discovers their profound differences, despite their shared fates,
and illuminates the worlds in which they lived on opposite sides of
the globe.
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