The Saga of Billy the Kid

The Thrilling Life of America's Original Outlaw

Walter Noble Burns

• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781629143934
• eBook ISBN: 9781632201126
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Historical Biographies
• Index: Social Sciences

Originally published in 1926, this biography tells the rousing tale of Billy the Kid, once of the most well known outlaws in the Old West. The Saga of Billy the Kid focuses on a period of time where two dangerous gangs tore a bloody path across Lincoln, New Mexico. After being shot to death in 1881 by the intrepid Lincoln County sheriff Pat Garret, Billy the Kid became a romanticized symbol of the wildness that laced the American west. Interest in the outlaw's wild life grew after Burn's initial publication, setting Billy the Kid up as one of the finest examples of the loss of the Wild West. As the US grew more industrialized, the stories of saloons, train robberies, and lone cowboys became even more important, and still remain important today.
In a rousing tale that is partly truth, partly fiction, read the story that started its own wild frontier in the most influential version out there.

Table of contents

• FRONT COVER
• COPYRIGHT PAGE
• TITLE PAGE
• CONTENTS
• I. THE KING OF THE VALLEY
• II. THE LORD OF THE MOUNTAINS
• III. WAR CLOUDS
• IV. FIRST BLOOD
• V. THE KID
• VI. CHILD OF THE DARK STAR
• VII. AN EYE FOR AN EYE
• VIII. THIRTEEN TO ONE
• IX. THE SHERIFF’S MORNING WALK
• X. THE THREE-DAYS’ BATTLE
• XI. THE MAN WHO PLAYED DEAD
• XII. HAIR-TRIGGER PEACE
• XIII. A STRANGER FROM THE PANHANDLE
• XIV. A BELLE OF OLD FORT SUMNER
• XV. AT BAY
• XVI. THE DANGLING SHADOW
• XVII. A LITTLE GAME OF MONTE
• XVIII. THE LURE OF BLACK EYES
• XIX. THE RENDEZVOUS WITH FATE
• XX. HELL’S HALF-ACRE
• XXI. TRAIL’S END