Garrett, Pat F. (Pat Floyd) 1850-1908

The authentic life of Billy the Kid : the noted desperado of the Southwest, whose deeds of daring and blood made his name a terror in New Mexico, Arizona, and Northern Mexico by Pat F Garrett( )

76 editions published between 1882 and 2017 in English and held by 3,384 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Reputed to have killed his first man at the age of twelve, William Bonney went on to gun his way into Western legend as Billy the Kid. When he himself was finally shot and killed in Lincoln County, New Mexico, in 1881 at the advanced age of twenty-one, the Kid was famous throughout the country as the boy who, so he boasted, had killed a man for every year of his life. In The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid, the story of William Bonney is told by the lawman who ended his notorious career. Pat Garrett was sheriff of Lincoln County when he cornered and killed Billy the Kid on the night of July 14, 1881. Between that date and April 1882, when Garrett's book appeared, eight lurid "dime novels" had glorified adn falsified the Kid, making him into a murderous super-outlaw. Garrett's book is an attempt to tell the mroe genuine story of a young, reckless cowhand who became a cattlerustler int he Texas panhandle, and a hired gun

The authentic life of Billy, the Kid : the noted desperado of the Southwest, whose deeds of daring and blood made his name a terror in New Mexico, Arizona and northern Mexico by Pat F Garrett( Book )

16 editions published between 1882 and 2008 in English and held by 888 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A history of the life, adventures, and death of William H. Bonney, better known as Billy, the Kid, written by Sheriff Pat Garrett, the man responsible for killing the outlaw in 1881

Pat F. Garrett's The authentic life of Billy, the Kid by Pat F Garrett( Book )

7 editions published between 1927 and 2007 in English and held by 447 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This edition, complete with the original text, provides an introduction that reappraises the last fatal meeting of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett. Frederick Nolan shows how the Garrett's book is responsible for misconceptions about the Kid's early life and his short, violent career

The authentic life of Billy the Kid by Pat F Garrett( )

19 editions published between 1996 and 2012 in English and held by 246 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is the story of William Bonney as told by the lawman who ended his notorious career. While explaining the public sympathy that the citizens of the Southwest often accorded youths like Bonney, Garrett challenges the glorified legends of the Kid, offering instead the more genuine story of a young, reckless cowhand who became a hired gun

Authentic story of Billy the Kid by Pat F Garrett( Book )

2 editions published in 1946 in English and held by 63 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Billy the Kid : la sua storia by Pat F Garrett( Book )

5 editions published between 1973 and 1998 in 3 languages and held by 20 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

La verdadera historia de Billy el niño by Pat F Garrett( )

3 editions published between 1954 and 1977 in Spanish and English and held by 18 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A history of the life, adventures, and death of William H. Bonney, better known as Billy, the Kid, written by Sheriff Pat Garrett, the man responsible for killing the outlaw in 1881

The authentic life of Billy the Kid : facsimile of original 1927 editition by Pat F Garrett( Book )

1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 17 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

La véritable histoire de Billy the Kid by Pat F Garrett( Book )

3 editions published between 2007 and 2017 in French and held by 14 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Histoire de Billy the Kid racontée par celui qui le tua. Ce récit écrit en 1882 constitua une sorte de roman populaire et fut écrit en collaboration avec M.A. Ash Upson dans le but de rétablir l'honneur de P.F. Garrett alors shérif du comté de Lincoln. Il relate la légende de Billy the Kid, galant avec les femmes, secourable aux malheureux mais redoutable envers ses ennemis

The authentic life of Billy, the Kid ... : a faithful and interesting narrative by Pat F Garrett( Book )

3 editions published between 1882 and 1973 in English and held by 12 WorldCat member libraries worldwide