The Saga of Billy the Kid - (Historians of the Frontier and American West) by Walter Noble Burns (Paperback)

About the Book

First published in 1926, this dramatic biography forever installed outlaw Billy the Kid in the pantheon of mythic heroes from the Old West.

Book Synopsis

First published in 1926, this dramatic biography forever installed outlaw Billy the Kid in the pantheon of mythic heroes from the Old West.

Review Quotes

. . . this book is almost single-handedly responsible for the elevation of Billy the Kid to the status of mythic hero.

The dramatic biography is one of the first books about Billy the Kid and is . . . a major factor in developing the legend of the young outlaw.

"The dramatic biography is one of the first books about Billy the Kid and is . . . a major factor in developing the legend of the young outlaw."

About the Author

Walter Noble Burns (1872-1932), was a journalist and historian in Chicago.

Richard W. Etulain is a professor emeritus of history at the University of New Mexico, where he also edited the New Mexico Historical Review (1979-1985 and 1991) and directed the Center for the American West (1989-2001). Etulain served as president at both the Western Literature and Western History associations. He is the author or editor of more than sixty books on the history and cultures of the American West.