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  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid

    Hankering for a mostly true tale about the hard-living desperadoes who inhabited America's desert Southwest in the mid-1800s? This biography of the ill-fated gunslinger Billy, the Kid was written by Pat Garrett, the sheriff who shot Billy down. Although some historians now question the veracity of some of the self-aggrandizing bluster Garrett and his ghostwriter included in the book, The Authentic ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

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  • Outlaws and Peace Officers

    Memoirs of Crime and Punishment in the Old West

    Edited by Stephen Brennan ...
    This New York Times' bestseller features the West’s most prominent lawmen and criminals, who tell their stories of fight, death, and survival.In the romantic narrative of the Old West, two larger-than-life characters emerged as the perfect foils for each other-the rampant outlaw and the heroic peace officer. Without the villain, sheriffs would not have needed to uphold the law; and without the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Saga of Billy the Kid

    The Thrilling Life of America's Original Outlaw

    Originally published in 1926, this biography tells the rousing tale of Billy the Kid, once of the most well known outlaws in the Old West. The Saga of Billy the Kid focuses on a period of time where two dangerous gangs tore a bloody path across Lincoln, New Mexico. After being shot to death in 1881 by the intrepid Lincoln County sheriff Pat Garret, Billy the Kid became a romanticized symbol of the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Famous Sheriffs and Western Outlaws

    Incredible True Stories of Wild West Showdowns and Frontier Justice

    This in-depth collection, unchanged since the 1940s, tells of the most legendary heroes and villains of the Old West. Get swept back to a time when sheriffs did their best to keep order in a lawless land. Read about the likes of Tom Horn, the “Apache Kid,” “Bucky” O’Neill, Tom Nickson, and many more!Famous Sheriffs and Western Outlaws is a classic for everyone interested in history and what is was ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Kid

    A Novel

    by Ron Hansen ...
    “A marvelous journey into both history and imagination…A perfectly compelling and fast-paced story” (San Francisco Chronicle) from Ron Hansen about an iconic American criminal of the old West: legendary outlaw, Billy the Kid.Born Henry McCarty, Billy the Kid was a diminutive, charming, blond-haired young man who, growing up in New York, Kansas, and later New Mexico, demonstrated a precocious ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Chronicles of the Old West - 4 Historical Books Exploring the Wild Past of the American West

    Cowboys, Outlaws, and the Opening of the Wild West

    by Emerson Hough ...
    "The Way to the West" tells the story of the opening of the west, including the accounts of three early Americans Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett and Kit Carson. "The Story of the Cowboy" is a historical book about the cowboy in the American West close to the end of 19th century. "The Story of the Outlaw" is a study of the western desperado, with historical narratives of famous outlaws, the stories of ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Texas Cowboy

    or, Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony

    After a nomadic childhood, Charles Siringo signed on as a teenage cowboy for the noted Texas cattle king, Shanghai Pierce, and began a life that embraced all the hard work, excitement, and adventure readers today associate with the cowboy era. He "rid the Chisholm trail," driving 2,500 heads of cattle from Austin to Kansas; knew Tascosa**—now a historic monument—**when it was home to raucous ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Billy the Kid Reader

    Despite the countless books and films devoted to him, Billy the Kid remains one of the most elusive figures of the Old West. Now, award-winning western historian Frederick Nolan has scoured the published literature to offer this well-rounded compendium on the life and times of William H. Bonney.The Billy the Kid Reader contains some of the best articles on the Kid—including gems no longer in print ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta

    Celebrated California Bandit

    Series series The Western Frontier Library Series
    In 1854, a Cherokee Indian called Yellow Bird (better known as John Rollin Ridge) launched in this book the myth of Joaquin Murieta, based on the California criminal career of a 19th century Mexican bandit. Today this folk hero has been written into state histories, sensationalized in books, poems, and articles throughout America, Spain, France, Chile, and Mexico, and made into a motion picture ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid

    by Patt Garrett ...
    The true story 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 in the 1870's. The book was written by the man who shot Billy the Kid himself--Pat Garrett. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta

    The Celebrated California Bandit

    **The first novel to feature a Mexican American hero: an adventure tale about Mexicans rising up against U.S. rule in California, based on the real-life bandit who inspired the creation of Zorro, the Lone Ranger, and BatmanWith a new foreword by Diana Gabaldon, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone and the rest of the Outlander seriesA Penguin Classic**An ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid

    by Pat Garrett ...
    The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid is a biography of William H. Bonney a.k.a. Billy the Kid written by sheriff Pat Garrett of Lincoln County, New Mexico. Garrett shot and killed Bonney in 1881. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus