Pat F. Garrett's The authentic life of Billy, the Kid
By: with notes and commentary by Frederick Nolan.
Contributors: Nolan, Frederick W., 1931-
Edition: Annotated ed.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Billy, the Kid.; Outlaws -- Southwest, New -- Biography.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, New.; Southwest, New -- Biography.; Southwest, New -- History -- 1848-
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Frederick Nolan, an authority on the American Southwest, examines the legends introduced by The Authentic Life and shows how Garrett's book is responsible for misconceptions about the Kid's early life and his short, violent career. Many inaccuracies in The Authentic Life can be attributed to a ghostwriter, Marshall Ashmun "Ash" Upson, but Garrett's contributions also are flawed. As Nolan reveals, the sheriff glossed over events that made him look less than perfect.".

"This new edition, complete with the original text, corrects Upson's errors, amplifies Garrett's narrative, and elucidates the causes and course of the Lincoln County War in New Mexico during the 1870s. Nolan provides an introduction that reappraises the last fatal meeting of Garrett and Billy the Kid, as well as a postscript about the snakebitten life of the sheriff after the moment that made him famous."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189) and index.
Originally published: The authentic life of Billy, the Kid. Santa Fe, N.M. : New Mexican Print. and Pub. Co., 1882.