Thunder in the West: The Life and Legends of Billy the Kid Volume 32

by Richard W. Etulain

Book Overview

Even before he was shot and killed in 1881, Billy the Kid's charisma and murderous career were generating stories that belied his brief life--and that only multiplied, growing to legendary proportions after his death at age twenty-one. In Thunder in the West, Richard W. Etulain takes the true measure of Billy, the man and the legend, and presents the clearest picture yet of his life and his ever-shifting place and presence in the cultural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806166258
• ISBN13: 9780806166254
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 8.6"