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In this series, private investigators pick up where the historians left off, taking on a series of major cold cases in history, starting with the mishandling of evidence relating to the life and times of Billy the Kid.Cold Case: Billy the Kid tackles the myths and legends about the notorious outlaw one by one, considering the evidence from contemporary sources and looking at the physical evidence still extant today to consider the veracity of historical claims and considering the evidence through the lens of a legal investigation.
In this first book, the writers tackle the evolution of an outlaw in myth and lore, claiming that Billy the Kid as a notorious outlaw is a manufactured concept. They offer evidence that the Kid was little more than one of several small time cattle and horse thieves whose rustling netted him only a small amount of intermittent income. He killed no fewer, and probably no more, than four or five men. For the most part he worked on ranches, notably those of John Chisum and John Henry Tunstall. The Kid, as a cattle thief, was known to many in southern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle, along with a number of other troublesome rustlers.
In this first book, the writers tackle the evolution of an outlaw in myth and lore, claiming that Billy the Kid as a notorious outlaw is a manufactured concept. They offer evidence that the Kid was little more than one of several small time cattle and horse thieves whose rustling netted him only a small amount of intermittent income. He killed no fewer, and probably no more, than four or five men. For the most part he worked on ranches, notably those of John Chisum and John Henry Tunstall. The Kid, as a cattle thief, was known to many in southern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle, along with a number of other troublesome rustlers.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Genesis of the Outlaw Billy the Kid
- Chapter 2: The Genesis of the Lincoln County War: The Killing of John Henry Tunstall
- Chapter 3: The Law Gets in the Way of the Truth
- Chapter 4: Revenge
- Chapter 5: The Evolution of an Outlaw
- Chapter 6: Blood and Mud
- Chapter 7: The Shooting at Blazer’s Mill
- Chapter 8: The Burning of the McSween House
- Chapter 9: Counterfeit Money
- Chapter 10: The Stinking Springs Incident
- Chapter 11: Sentenced to Hang
- Chapter 12: Escape
- Chapter 13: Lincoln County Courthouse Crime Scene Investigation
- Chapter 14: An Escape Plot
- Chapter 15: A Liar and a Thief
- Chapter 16: Reluctant Pursuit
- Chapter 17: Shooting at Fort Sumner
- Chapter 18: Discrepancies
- Chapter 19: Politics vs. Truth
- Chapter 20: Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Selected Bibliography
- About the Author