I Buried Billy

ANAYA, A. P. "PACO" [EDITED BY JAMES H. EARLE]

Publication: The Early West, 1991, College Station

First edition. 8vo. Cloth, pictorial endpapers, 160 pp., introduction, preface, acknowledgements, illustrated, index. Paco Anaya tells of his first-hand experiences with Billy the Kid that began in 1878 and ended when the Kid was killed by Pat Garrett on the night of July 14, 1881 at Fort Sumner. Paco was about the same age as Billy and spent much of his time with the Kid as he was hiding from Garrett. Paco dictated his story of Billy the Kid in Spanish to his son, Louis Anaya, of Clovis, New Mexico, in 1931. The manuscript was translated into English by Kathryn Roff Olvera. Inserted is a 17" x 11" sheet, folded to 8 panels, printed on one side only and titled, "Billy the Kid Country." Fine in dust jacket.

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