My Girlhood Among Outlaws

By Lily Klasner

Book Overview

In My Girlhood Among Outlaws, Lily recalls her experiences with Billy the Kid and other desperadoes, and sets the record straight on popular misrepresentations of events. Of particular interest to historians is her preservation of the diary of famous cattleman and family friend John Chisum. Book jacket.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816503281
• ISBN13: 9780816503285
• Release Date: May 1972
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 11.0" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Life in Lincoln County

I found this book to be very informative, not so much as accurate history, but as a history of what life was like in Lincoln County in the late 19th Century and early 20th. Very insightful in terms of how people made a living and how they dealt with the everyday lawlessness and violence of that era. I'd recommend it highly to those who want not just to know the facts of that period, but how it felt personally to live through it. Very good insights into the Chisum family and events surrounding the Lincoln Country war and all the players, including Billy the Kid.