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Historian Wallis has spent several years re-creating the rich, anecdotal saga of Billy the Kid (1859-1881), a deeply mythologized young man who became a legend in his own time and yet remains an enigma to this day. With the Gilded Age in full swing and the Industrial Revolution reshaping the American landscape, "the Kid," who was gunned down by Sheriff Pat Garrett in the New Mexico Territory at the age of 21, became a new breed of celebrity outlaw....
2) Young guns
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1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A portrait of Billy the Kid and his gang as they move from prairie trash to demi-gods.
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In Loren D. Estleman's Journey of the Dead, when Pat Garrett killed his poker buddy, Billy the Kid, he had no idea what a terrible emotional price he would pay. Haunted by memories of Billy, Garrett wanders the New Mexico desert in a fruitless pursuit of peace.
Deep in the same desert, an ancient Spanish alchemist searches for the fabled philosopher's stone. Resolutely alone in his quest he devotes his long life to hunting the secrets of the old...
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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It investigates the origins and authenticity of a tintype discovered in 2010 that appears to feature an image of the legendary outlaw. If authenticated, the photograph could set a new record for the sale of an extremely rare and highly-prized collectible. Using modern methods and time period recreations, this special pieces together a mystery more than 130 years in the making, the story of one of the first media bad-boys who was once the most hunted...
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1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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From his early childhood in Manhattan to his role in the Lincoln County War, The History Channel delves deep to piece together a picture of Billy the Kid, the infamous frontier outlaw, whose real name was Henry McCarty.
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Southwestern studies volume 5, no. 1. Monograph no. 17
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26 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
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Series of Western Americana volume no. 3
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32 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 23 cm.
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17) The outlaw
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1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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"This controversial and legendary western launched the career of sex goddess Jane Russell (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) and is infamous due to its violations of the Production Code. The Outlaw follows the friendship of Billy the Kid (Jack Buetel, Rose of Cimarron) and fellow outlaw Doc Holliday (Walter Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre), as they both pursue the affections of Holliday's girlfriend, Rio (Russell)."--Container.
18) The Kid
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xii, 301 pages : maps ; 24 cm
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"A new novel from Ron Hansen, the award-winning author of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, about an iconic American criminal of the old West: legendary outlaw, Billy the Kid. Born Henry McCarty, Billy the Kid was a diminutive, charming, blond-haired young man who, growing up in New York, Kansas, and later New Mexico, demonstrated a precocious dexterity at firing six-shooters with either hand--a skill that both got him into...
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