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Billy The Kid, Pat Garrett, And The Epic Chase To Justice In The Old West
William Morrow
February 2010
On Sale: February 9, 2010
336 pages
ISBN: 006136827X
EAN: 9780061368271
Hardcover
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A sheriff . . . An outlaw . . . A legendary showdown. Billy the Kidβa.k.a. Henry McCarty, Henry Antrim, and William Bonneyβwas a horse thief, cattle rustler, charismatic rogue, and cold-blooded killer. A superb shot, the Kid gunned down four men single-handedly and five others with the help of cronies. Two of his victims were Lincoln County, New Mexico, deputies killed during the Kid's brazen daylight escape from the courthouse jail on April 28, 1881. After dispensing with his guards and breaking the chain securing his leg irons, the Kid danced a macabre jig on the jail's porch before riding away on a stolen horse as terrified townspeopleβand many sympathizersβwatched. For new sheriff Pat Garrett, an acquaintance of Billy's, the chase was on. . . . To Hell on a Fast Horse re-creates the thrilling manhunt for the Wild West's most iconic outlaw. It is also the first dual biography of the Kid and Garrett, each a larger-than-life figure who would not have become legendary without the other. Drawing on voluminous primary sources and a wealth of published scholarship, Mark Lee Gardner digs beneath the myth to take a fresh look at these two men, their relationship, and their epic ride to immortality.
 Media BuzzOn Point - July 25, 2011
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