Publication: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998, Norman
First edition. 8vo. Cloth, xviii, 350 pp., preface, acknowledgments, abbreviations, illustrated, portraits, plates, maps, notes, bibliography, index. Book dedicated to Robert G. McCubbin by the author. More than 250 images provide an impressive and comprehensive photograph gallery of the life and times of Billy the Kid. Explores the historical environment of Billy the Kid's world, focusing on The Lincoln County War; ranching and cattle politics in Lincoln County, New Mexico; frontier towns like Fort Sumner, New Mexico, and Las Vegas, New Mexico; The Kid's associates, his enemies, as well as lawmen to include Pat Garrett, John Tunstall, and Alexander McSween. A fine, bright copy in a fine dust jacket.
Inventory Number: 45671