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Pat F. Garrett's Authentic Life Of Billy, The Kid. GARRETT, PAT F. [EDITED BY MAURICE GARLAND FULTON]

Pat F. Garrett's Authentic Life Of Billy, The Kid.

GARRETT, PAT F. [EDITED BY MAURICE GARLAND FULTON]

Other works by GARRETT, PAT F.

Publication: The Macmillan Company, 1927, New York

First edition thus. The first reprint of the exceedingly rare 1882 edition. 8vo. titles in black on paper labels affixed to the front cover and spine, xxviii [4], 233 pp., frontispiece (in color), preface, foreword by the editor, introductory, illustrated, plates, portraits, map. Originally published one year after the killing of Billy the Kid by Sheriff Pat Garrett, Sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico. It is the most authoritative biography of William H. Bonney and the foundation of the Billy the Kid legend. Jeff Dykes in his Kid bibliography #116 says: "This volume is by far the best single Billy the Kid publication to date (1952) in the opinion of this writer. The exceedingly rare 1882 edition is available only occasionally, and at very high prices. The 1927 edition is much superior and is the foundation book of any Billy the Kid collection." "William H. Bonney, born in November of 1859, began his criminal career early. At the age of twelve, Billy stabbed a man in a bar fight, then spent his teenage years stealing and gambling. At seventeen he committed his first murder and earned the nickname "Billy the Kid" from the news reporters who followed his exploits and helped his reputation reach epic heights. Here, Pat F. Garrett, the Sheriff of Lincoln County, does his best to tell us the incredible story of the kid who became a cold-blooded outlaw. Written just eight months after he shot Billy in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, in 1881 ... a happenstance meeting at the home of Pete Maxwell ... Garrett takes us through Billy's earliest days in New York, his move west, adventures in Mexico, and Billy's repeated arrests and escapes ... all of which led to the Kid's eventual death." Very good, tight copy in the rare dust jacket which is price-clipped, lightly soiled on the white rear panel, and with small nicks and closed tears to the extremities.

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