Pat Garrett. The Story Of A Western Lawman

LEON C. METZ

Publication: University of Oklahoma Press, 1974, Norman

First edition. 8vo. Inscribed and dated on the half title page by the author to David Grossblatt, a Western Americana bookseller on Oct. 16, 1981. Also on the frontispiece inscribed to David Grossblatt by the illustrator, Jose Cisneros. Gray cloth, titles stamped in white and black on the spine, gray front and rear endpapers, xii, 328 pp., frontispiece by Jose Cisneros, acknowledgments, illustrated, plates, portraits, facsimiles, footnotes, epilogue, bibliography, index.

A thoroughly researched biography of  Pat Garrett, presenting him as far more than simply the sheriff who killed Billy the Kid. Metz traces Garrett from his early years and days as a buffalo hunter through his emergence as a New Mexico lawman. The heart of the book covers his service as sheriff of Lincoln County, his involvement in the Lincoln County War, and his pursuit of Billy the Kid. The author Metz gives considerable attention to the Kid's capture, escape, Garrett's subsequent manhunt, and the July 1881 killing of Billy the Kid at Fort Sumner. Ramon Adams says "This is perhaps the best and most thoroughly researched book on the life of Pat Garrett."

Light water damage to the lower inch of the margin but not affecting the text, (water damage is barely apparent). else near fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and corners and light evidence of water damage to the lower inch of the dust jacket.