A number of years ago Arthur Chapman, the Western poet who wrote Out Where the West Begins, explained "Billy the Kid must remain wholly the most unaccountable figure in all frontier history."
For three-quarters of a century he remained exactly that — the victim of the myths which had surrounded and captured him.
Hundreds of articles, radio and TV shows, stories, books and motion pictures have been written around this unique young man. Unfortunately none of the writers had access to more than a small part of the hidden source material which would have cleared away the fabulous tales and obscure half-truths and brought into clear focus the real Billy the Kid and the great days he lived.
For the first time the fully documented facts have now been brought together. They comprise a great mass of letters, newspaper accounts, official reports and word-of-mouth recollections.
Tragedy of a Gunslinger by Frazier Hunt, ISBN: 978-0-8038-2092-0
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