Source:Gardner, Mark Lee. To Hell on a Fast Horse

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Source To Hell on a Fast Horse
Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West
Author Gardner, Mark Lee
Coverage
Year range 1859 - 1881
Surname Antrim, Bonney, Garrett, McCarty
Subject Biography, History
Publication information
Type Book
Publisher William Morrow
Date issued 9 February 2010
Citation
Gardner, Mark Lee. To Hell on a Fast Horse: Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West. (William Morrow, 9 February 2010).
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Harnett County Library (Lillington, North Carolina)http://hcvubis.harnett.org/harnettvw/List.csp?Pr..Archive/Library

Book Description

A sheriff...An outlaw...A legendary showdown.

Billy the Kid—a.k.a. Henry McCarty, Henry Antrim, and William Bonney—was a horse thief, cattle rustler, charismatic rogue, and cold-blooded killer. A superb shot, the Kid gunned down four men single-handedly and five others with the help of cronies. Two of his victims were Lincoln County, New Mexico, deputies killed during the Kid's brazen daylight escape from the courthouse jail on April 28, 1881.

After dispensing with his guards and breaking the chain securing his leg irons, the Kid danced a macabre jig on the jail's porch before riding away on a stolen horse as terrified townspeople—and many sympathizers—watched. For new sheriff Pat Garrett, an acquaintance of Billy's, the chase was on. . . .

To Hell on a Fast Horse re-creates the thrilling manhunt for the Wild West's most iconic outlaw. It is also the first dual biography of the Kid and Garrett, each a larger-than-life figure who would not have become legendary without the other. Drawing on voluminous primary sources and a wealth of published scholarship, Mark Lee Gardner digs beneath the myth to take a fresh look at these two men, their relationship, and their epic ride to immortality.

Publication Details

  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: William Morrow; 1 edition (February 9, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 006136827X