To hell on a fast horse

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A dual biography of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett, two larger-than-life figures from the American West who are inextricably linked - neither would become the stuff of legend without the other.

Billy the Kid—a.k.a. Henry McCarty,Henry Antrim, and William Bonney—was a horse thief, cattle rustler, charismaticrogue, and cold-blooded killer. Asuperb shot, the Kid gunned down four mensingle-handedly and five others with the helpof cronies. Two of his victims were LincolnCounty, New Mexico, deputies killed duringthe Kid’s brazen daylight escape from thecourthouse jail on April 28, 1881.

For new sheriff Pat Garrett, an acquaintanceof Billy’s, the chase was on. . . .

As the first dual biography of the Kid andGarrett, To Hell on a Fast Horse re-createsthe thrilling manhunt for the Wild West’smost iconic outlaw. Mark Lee Gardner digsbeneath the myth to take a fresh look at thesetwo men, their relationship, and their epicride to immortality.

"To Hell On a Fast Horse" brings to life the thrilling manhunt for the Wild West's most iconic outlaw. It also will be the first dual biography of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett, two larger-than-life figures from the American West who are inextricably linked - neither would become the stuff of legend without the other. Making excellent use of voluminous primary source material and decades of published scholarship on the Kid and Garrett, the book will go beneath the myth to take a fresh look at these two men, what they meant to one another, and what they would come to mean to an American public enamoured of a violent American West.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 maart 2011

Aantal pagina's: 325

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Mark Lee Gardner

Hoofduitgeverij: HCWO

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 133 mm

Product hoogte: 19 mm

Product lengte: 210 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 135 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 19 mm

Verpakking lengte: 203 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 454 g

EAN: 9780061368295

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