Billy the Kid: The Best Writings On The Infamous Outlaw - Softcover

Dellinger, Harold

 
9780762748938: Billy the Kid: The Best Writings On The Infamous Outlaw
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0762748931 ISBN 13: 9780762748938
Verlag: TwoDot, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

In movies, stage plays, short stories, novels, newspaper articles, poems, and songs, literally hundreds of accomplished authors have been drawn toward the near mythical persona of Henry McCarty, aka William Bonney, alias Billy the Kid. This collection is a chronologically arranged anthology of excerpts from the Kid's canon—including rare pieces of pulp fiction, chapters of popular novels, and selections from respected biographies. Each excerpt plays off the strengths of the others to finally create a compelling collage of character.

This compendium is an essential addition to the library of anyone interested in the myths and the realities of Billy the Kid.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Harold Dellinger is a bookseller, small-press publisher, and the author of Jesse James: The Best Writings on the Notorious Outlaw and His Gang (Globe Pequot). A former parole officer residing in Kansas City, Missouri, he has long been interested in the history of outlaws and, of course, lawmen too.

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Since his death in 1881, Henry McCarty--aka William Bonney, alias Billy the Kid--has been the subject of thousands of published volumes, most of them unavailable to the general public. In movies, stage plays, short stories, novels, newspaper articles, poems, and songs, literally hundreds of authors have been drawn to explore his near mythical persona. This collection makes the best of this work accessible. An artfully arranged anthology, Billy the Kid: The Best Writings on the Infamous Outlaw includes rare excerpts from the Kid's canon. Together, these pieces of fiction, biography, and personal essay yield a compelling collage of character--and are an essential addition to the library of anyone interested in the myths and the realities of one of America's most fascinating historical figures.

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Verlag
TwoDot
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0762748931
ISBN 13 
9780762748938
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
224
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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