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Utley, Robert M.,
1929-
Wanted :
The Outlaw Lives of Billy the Kid & Ned Kelly.
Reprint.
Yale Univ Press,
2017.
ix, 223 pages :
illustrations, maps ;
25 cm.
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"Anyone who wants to broaden their view of history will want to read this book."--David Steinberg, Sunday Journal"-- front cover.
Preface -- Billy the Kid -- Billy the Kid Named Captain of Outlaw Gang -- The Making of an "Outlaw" -- A Genuine Outlaw? -- Ranch Cowboy and Hired Gunman -- A Warrior in McSween's Army -- Blazer's Mill -- Billy Indicted for Murder -- "The Big Killing" -- Drifter -- The Governor and the Kid -- The Kid Turns Outlaw -- Stinking Springs -- Tried for Murder -- Escaping the Hangman's Noose -- Pete Maxwell's Bedroom -- Legend and Myth -- Ned Kelly -- Father and Son -- The Larrikin Years -- Stringybark -- Euroa -- Jerilderie -- A Republic? -- Glenrowan -- Path to the Gallows -- Australian Icon -- Conclusion -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index.
A dual portrait of American outlaw Billy the Kid and his Australian counterpart, Ned Kelly, separates myth from fact while discussing their young lives, personal codes, roles in national uprisings, early executions and enduring legacies.
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Billy
the kid.
Kelly, Ned
1855-1880.
Outlaws
West (U.S)
Biography.
Outlaws
Southwest, New
Biography.
Biography.
West United States.
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