The Literature Of Billy The Kid And The Lincoln County War: 1952-2022

MICHAEL O'KEEFE

Publication: Privately printed, 2022, Placitas, New Mexico

First edition. 8vo. Signed by the author on the title page. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, [12], 13 - 289 pp., preface, acknowledgements, foreword, introduction, abbreviations, frontispiece, illustrated mostly from photographs, portraits, epilogue, sources, index, appendices. Foreword by Mark Lee Gardner. Basically a bibliography of books, articles and periodicals about Billy the Kid 1952-2022. This book essentially begins where Jeff Dykes' "Billy the Kid, The Bibliography of A Legend" leaves off. Provides biographies of important researchers and writers of Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War. Biographies include Maurice Garland Fulton, Frederick W. Nolan, Philip J. Rasch, Robert N. Mullin, Robert M. Utley, William Keleher, Eve Ball, and Walter Noble Burns. A section on the myths and legends about Billy the Kid are put to rest. Of great interest is a wonderful section on twenty-five important characters from the Lincoln County War. Provides a listing and brief bibliographical description of almost 1150 new or little-known non-fiction books, fiction books, periodicals, and videos and DVDs. A "Must" book for the collector, historian, student, and anyone interested in Billy the Kid or the Lincoln County War. As new, unread copy issued is stiff pictorial wrappers.

Inventory Number: 51520