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Billy the Kid : beyond the grave /

by Jameson, W. C.
Type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Dallas : Taylor Trade Pub. Distributed by National Book Network, 2005Edition: 1st Taylor Trade Pub. ed.Description: xiii, 137 p. : ill., geneal. table, maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1589791487.Subject(s): Billy, the Kid -- Death and burial | Roberts, William Henry, 1859-1950 | HS - Humanities/History | High school | Criminals -- Southwestern States -- Biography | Impostors and imposture -- United States -- Case studies | Southwestern States -- BiographyOnline resources: Table of contents
Contents:
Pat Garrett killed the wrong man -- A traditional history of the outlaw Billy the Kid -- The discovery of William Henry Roberts -- William Henry Roberts' story, part I: 1859-1881 -- William Henry Roberts' story, part II: 1881-1950 -- Birth and genealogy -- Quiโen es? a reexamination of the shooting at Fort Sumner -- The inquest -- The burial -- Tracking William Henry Roberts -- Evidence -- An opposing point of view -- The New Mexico resistance -- Beyond the grave.
Summary: The author traces the life of William Bonney, alias Billy the Kid, and provides documentation that the outlaw was not killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett, but escaped and lived as William Henry Roberts until his death in 1950 at age ninety-one.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-132) and index.

Pat Garrett killed the wrong man -- A traditional history of the outlaw Billy the Kid -- The discovery of William Henry Roberts -- William Henry Roberts' story, part I: 1859-1881 -- William Henry Roberts' story, part II: 1881-1950 -- Birth and genealogy -- Quiโen es? a reexamination of the shooting at Fort Sumner -- The inquest -- The burial -- Tracking William Henry Roberts -- Evidence -- An opposing point of view -- The New Mexico resistance -- Beyond the grave.

Booklist, January 2005

The author traces the life of William Bonney, alias Billy the Kid, and provides documentation that the outlaw was not killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett, but escaped and lived as William Henry Roberts until his death in 1950 at age ninety-one.

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