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As well as being the center of ranching activity in the Panhandle,
Tascosa also became the last best hiding place in Texas for killers
on the run, horse thieves, tinhorn gamblers, hair-trigger shootists
or anyone else with a past he wanted to get away from. Billy the
Kid, "Poker Tom" Emory, Bill Gatlin, Jim Kenedy, and Louis "The
Animal" Bousman were just a few of the outlaws and desperadoes who
vied for dominance with Cape Willingham, Cap Arrington, Jim East,
and other lawmen in an ongoing war that made sudden death a routine
occurrence on the town's dusty street. A lot of bad men made
fortunes and a lot of good men lost them as Tascosa went from boom
to bust, from frontier Babylon to forgotten ghost town, in just a
few short gaudy decades. Bypassed by the railroad, its body fenced
in and its heart torn out, the community dried up and blew away.
Today, Tascosa is a ghost town. Gone, but not forgotten: in Tascosa
Frederick Nolan has dug up the rip-roaring history of one of the
most violent outlaw towns of the Old West.
Despite the countless books and films devoted to him, Billy the Kid
remains one of the most elusive figures of the Old West. Now,
award-winning western historian Frederick Nolan has scoured the
published literature to offer this well-rounded compendium on the
life and times of William H. Bonney. The Billy the Kid Reader
contains some of the best articles on the Kid - including gems no
longer in print. From the first dime novel that appeared shortly
after his death to the research of today's historians, these
writings bring Bonney's life into sharp focus. Nolan highlights two
distinct schools of Billy the Kid studies: works of popularizers
who tended to exaggerate his historical role, and the findings of
grassroots researchers who have reassessed our perceptions of the
Kid. Dozens of illustrations enhance the text, illuminating the
Kid's career and notoriety. This collection shows that the life of
William H. Bonney is not yet a closed book - far from it. Many
versions of his life remain little more than unchallenged
tradition. The Billy the Kid Reader puts that lengthy body of work
in perspective and will satisfy seasoned Kid aficionados as well as
first-time readers eager to learn more about the man and the
legend.
Title: The Egyptian Chronology analysed: its theory developed and
practically applied; and confirmed in its dates and detail, from
its agreement with the hieroglyphic monuments and the Scripture
Chronology.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL
HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library
digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material
that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include
health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology,
culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and
social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++ British Library Nolan, Frederick;
1848. 8 . 1434.h.16.
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Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Twelve decades after Billy the Kid's death in 1881, books, movies,
and essays about this western outlaw are still popular. And they
all go back to one source: The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid,
published in 1882 by the man who killed Billy, Sheriff Pat Garrett.
Frederick Nolan, an authority on the American Southwest, examines
the legends introduced by The Authentic Life and shows how
Garrett's book is responsible for misconceptions about the Kid's
early life and his short, violent career. Many inaccuracies in The
Authentic Life can be attributed to a ghostwriter, Marshall Ashmun
Ash Upson, but Garrett's contributions also are flawed. As Nolan
reveals, the sheriff glossed over events that made him look less
than perfect. This new edition, complete with the original text,
corrects Upson's errors, amplifies Garrett's narrative, and
elucidates the causes and course of the Lincoln County War in New
Mexico during the 1870s. Nolan provides an introduction that
reappraises the last fatal meeting of Garrett and Billy the Kid, as
well as a postscript about the snakebitten life of the sheriff
after the moment that made him famous.
The greatest partnership in the history of the musical, captured in
print, wonderfully illustrated. For this new edition, the book has
been completely rewritten and substantially expanded to include
material on Rodgers' early career with Lorenz Hart as well as his
later work, and also features recollections from such theatrical
titans as Sheldon Harnick, Martin Charnin, Stephen Sondheim and
Arthur Laurents. Also, a completely new appendix reveals the
details of the continuing worldwide phenomenon of Rodgers and
Hammerstein's work up to and including the 2002 centennial year for
Rodgers.
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