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Title: The Gospel According to Billy the Kid Condition: New Subtitle: A Novel Author: Dennis McCarthy Format: Paperback EAN: 9780826362353 ISBN: 9780826362353 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Genre: Fiction Release Date: 30/03/2021 Description: Like many good stories of the old West, this one begins in a saloon. In 1914 in El Paso, Texas, two strangers strike up a conversation at the bar--Bill Roberts, a real-life figure who died in Hico, Texas, in 1950, and a former US Army scout whose brother knew Roberts by another name: Billy the Kid.
So begins The Gospel According to Billy the Kid, a tale of the old New Mexico territory, corrupt lawmen, honest ranchers, murder, betrayal, and the explosive events of the Lincoln County War that sent young Billy off seeking justice--and headed toward a bloody rendezvous with a sheriff hired to track him down. In the saloon Roberts has us imagine another story, told thirty-three years later over shots of whiskey, about a young outlaw given a second chance to find himself, to find peace, and to finally grow up and out from under the shadow of his own infamy. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 216mm Item Length: 140mm Item Weight: 230g Release Year: 2021
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