Billy the Kid
Overview
Works: | 752 works in 1,650 publications in 11 languages and 68,394 library holdings |
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Genres: | History Biography Poetry Biographical fiction Western fiction Bibliography Fiction Biographies Western television programs Western films |
Subject Headings: | Outlaws |
Roles: | Author, Singer, Performer |
Classifications: | F786.B54, B |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works about
Billy
- The authentic life of Billy, the Kid : the noted desperado of the Southwest, whose deeds of daring and blood made his name a terror in New Mexico, Arizona and northern Mexico by Pat F Garrett( )
- Anything for Billy by Larry McMurtry( Book )
- The saga of Billy the Kid by Walter Noble Burns( )
- The desperado who stole baseball by John H Ritter( Book )
- Billy the Kid : a short and violent life by Robert M Utley( Book )
- Billy the Kid : the endless ride by Michael Wallis( Book )
- The West of Billy the Kid by Frederick W Nolan( )
- To hell on a fast horse : Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the epic chase to justice in the Old West by Mark Lee Gardner( Book )
- The collected works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje( Book )
- Billy the Kid, his life and legend by Jon Tuska( )
- The Kid by Ron Hansen( Book )
- Billy the Kid by Carl R Green( Book )
- Journey of the dead by Loren D Estleman( Book )
- Young guns by Christopher Cain( Visual )
- Lucky Billy by John Vernon( Book )
- The Western hero in history and legend by Kent Ladd Steckmesser( Book )
- The real Billy the Kid : with new light on the Lincoln County War by Miguel Antonio Otero( )
- Copland the populist by Aaron Copland( )
- Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid by Sam Peckinpah( Visual )
- In the shadow of Billy the Kid : Susan McSween and the Lincoln County War by Kathleen Chamberlain( )
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Most widely held works by
Billy
The saga of Billy the Kid by
Walter Noble Burns(
Book
)
9 editions published between 1926 and 1962 in English and held by 10 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The author focuses on the Kid's life and experiences in the bloody war between the Murphy-Dolan and Tunstall-McSween gangs in and around Lincoln, New Mexico, between 1878 and 1881
9 editions published between 1926 and 1962 in English and held by 10 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The author focuses on the Kid's life and experiences in the bloody war between the Murphy-Dolan and Tunstall-McSween gangs in and around Lincoln, New Mexico, between 1878 and 1881
To hell on a fast horse : Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the epic chase to justice in the Old West by
Mark Lee Gardner(
Book
)
2 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"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
2 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"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
The true story of Billy the Kid : a tale of the Lincoln County war by
William Lee HAMLIN(
Book
)
4 editions published between 1959 and 1965 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published between 1959 and 1965 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A handbook of library and audio-visual aids for the social sciences, concepts and values by Lillian K Spitzer(
Book
)
in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid (William H. Bonney) ... With an introduction by J.C. Dykes. (New edition, fourth printing.)
[With portraits.] by
Pat F Garrett(
Book
)
3 editions published in 1959 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 1959 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Billy the Kid : the bibliography of a legend by
Jeff Dykes(
Book
)
2 editions published in 1952 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presumably the bibliography of a legend may be permitted as many vagaries as the legend itself. It is in that spirit, at any rate, that this volume describes not merely books but also phonograph records, a radio broadcast, motion pictures, comic books, and an advertising leaflet. Certainly the growth of the legend could not be properly portrayed without mention of these media for it is a part of the incredible story that a youth who died in New Mexico Territory in 1881 should life on in the minds of men, however inaccurately, through these modern forms of communication. The brief life of Billy the Kid is told so many times in the 437 items recorded in this volume, with so many variations, that when one has read them a new image of Billy has taken shape, different from any single presentation in the book. There is simply nothing one can do to stop a legend, because even analyzing it breathes into it a new life. In this work the author has kept his annotations remarkably well in hand. Types and prototypes march through them with surprising clarity. The collations, so faithfully set down by Mr. Dykes, are nevertheless in some respects a little wayward. Partly this is because of the nature of the material and partly it is because Mr. Dykes has produced the work--which probably could have been written by no one else--as a collector rather than as a professional bibliographer. It would have been ungracious to eliminate material that will be appreciated by his fellow enthusiasts--page 3
2 editions published in 1952 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presumably the bibliography of a legend may be permitted as many vagaries as the legend itself. It is in that spirit, at any rate, that this volume describes not merely books but also phonograph records, a radio broadcast, motion pictures, comic books, and an advertising leaflet. Certainly the growth of the legend could not be properly portrayed without mention of these media for it is a part of the incredible story that a youth who died in New Mexico Territory in 1881 should life on in the minds of men, however inaccurately, through these modern forms of communication. The brief life of Billy the Kid is told so many times in the 437 items recorded in this volume, with so many variations, that when one has read them a new image of Billy has taken shape, different from any single presentation in the book. There is simply nothing one can do to stop a legend, because even analyzing it breathes into it a new life. In this work the author has kept his annotations remarkably well in hand. Types and prototypes march through them with surprising clarity. The collations, so faithfully set down by Mr. Dykes, are nevertheless in some respects a little wayward. Partly this is because of the nature of the material and partly it is because Mr. Dykes has produced the work--which probably could have been written by no one else--as a collector rather than as a professional bibliographer. It would have been ungracious to eliminate material that will be appreciated by his fellow enthusiasts--page 3
The stereospecific polymerization of vinylcyclohexane by
Billy(
)
3 editions published in 1963 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 1963 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Super chIbran break, rap, scratch(
Recording
)
2 editions published in 1984 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1984 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The collected works of Billy the Kid : left handed poems by
Michael Ondaatje(
Book
)
2 editions published between 1970 and 1989 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Billy the Kid is the stuff of legends are made of. Most people have settled for the easy glamour of outlaws, six-guns and frontier deaths in his story. But Michael Ondaatje, in this extraordinary new book--part novel, part poetry, has recreated a William Bonney who is both more objective and far more raw and disturbing than the hero of popular folklore. The framework of the book is the narration of Billy's feud with Sheriff Pat Garrett. Within that frame Ondaatje includes lyrics, ballads, prose-poems. The result is a book of enormous impact.--Cover
2 editions published between 1970 and 1989 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Billy the Kid is the stuff of legends are made of. Most people have settled for the easy glamour of outlaws, six-guns and frontier deaths in his story. But Michael Ondaatje, in this extraordinary new book--part novel, part poetry, has recreated a William Bonney who is both more objective and far more raw and disturbing than the hero of popular folklore. The framework of the book is the narration of Billy's feud with Sheriff Pat Garrett. Within that frame Ondaatje includes lyrics, ballads, prose-poems. The result is a book of enormous impact.--Cover
A fitting death for Billy the Kid by
Ramon F Adams(
Book
)
2 editions published in 1960 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1960 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
History of "Billy the Kid" by
Charles A Siringo(
Book
)
1 edition published in 1920 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Born in Texas in 1855, Siringo was a cowboy, Pinkerton detective, western writer, and Hollywood advisor until his death in 1928, and crossed the Kid's path once or twice in the Texas Panhandle and New Mexico. His account incorporates some inaccuracies but offers genuine historical nuggets such as cowboy Jim East's eyewitness account of the Kid's capture by Pat Garrett at Stinking Spring. Enormously popular at the turn of the century, Siringo single-handedly kept Billy the Kid's flame alive until the 1920s. Historian Frederick Nolan discusses the place of Siringo's account in Billy the Kid literature."--BOOK JACKET
1 edition published in 1920 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Born in Texas in 1855, Siringo was a cowboy, Pinkerton detective, western writer, and Hollywood advisor until his death in 1928, and crossed the Kid's path once or twice in the Texas Panhandle and New Mexico. His account incorporates some inaccuracies but offers genuine historical nuggets such as cowboy Jim East's eyewitness account of the Kid's capture by Pat Garrett at Stinking Spring. Enormously popular at the turn of the century, Siringo single-handedly kept Billy the Kid's flame alive until the 1920s. Historian Frederick Nolan discusses the place of Siringo's account in Billy the Kid literature."--BOOK JACKET
The authentic life of Billy, the Kid. (Historical introduction by Frederick H. Christian.) by
Pat F Garrett(
Book
)
1 edition published in 1973 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1973 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Pat F. Garrett's Authentic Life of Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney). Edited by Maurice Garland Fulton. [With plates, including
portraits.] by
Pat F Garrett(
Book
)
1 edition published in 1927 in Undetermined and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1927 in Undetermined and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
El Chivato the infant rascal : an illustrated history by
Bob Boze Bell(
Book
)
1 edition published in 1992 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1992 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Rare rock 'n' roll(
Recording
)
1 edition published in 1980 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1980 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Reward ($5,000.00) : reward for the capture, dead or alive, of one Wm. Wright, better known as "Billy the Kid"(
Book
)
in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Billy the Kid by Michael Baldwin(
Book
)
1 edition published in 1970 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1970 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
The end by
Billy(
Book
)
1 edition published in 1968 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1968 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
TV classics westerns(
Visual
)
1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Hard-riding adventures of the western daredevils that brings back the romantic simplicity of a great story with a moral
1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Hard-riding adventures of the western daredevils that brings back the romantic simplicity of a great story with a moral
William H. Bonney "Billy the Kid" :(
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1 edition published in 1940 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Contains two letters about Billy the Kid
1 edition published in 1940 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Contains two letters about Billy the Kid
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- Garrett, Pat F. (Pat Floyd) 1850-1908 Author
- McMurtry, Larry Author
- Burns, Walter Noble 1872-1932 Author
- Copland, Aaron 1900-1990 Conductor Author Composer
- Ritter, John H. 1951- Author
- Ondaatje, Michael 1943- Author
- Utley, Robert M. 1929- Author
- Nolan, Frederick W. 1931- Author Editor
- Tuska, Jon Author
- Custer, George A. (George Armstrong) 1839-1876
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Antrim Billy 1859-1881
Antrim, Henry
Antrim, Henry asi 1859-asi 1881
Antrim, William Henry
Antrim, William Henry asi 1859-asi 1881
Billy 1859-1881 el Niño
Billy, a Kölyök
Billy, a Kölyök Amerikai cowboy, törvényenkívüli
Billy el Nen
Billy el Nen bandit del Far West nord-americà
Billy el Neñu
Billy el Niño
Billy, el Niño, 1859-1881
Billy el Niño vaquero estadounidense
Billy Kid
Billy Kid asi 1859-asi 1881
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid 1859-1881
Billy the Kid American cattle rustler, gambler, horse thief, outlaw, cowboy and ranch hand
Billy the Kid Amerikaans misdadiger
Billy the Kid criminale statunitense
Billy the Kid criminel américain
Billy the Kid personage uit Lucky Luke
Billy the Kid US-amerikanischer Serienmörder und Westernheld
Bonney, William H.
Bonney, William H. 1859-1881
Bonney, William H. asi 1859-asi 1881
Bonney William Henry 1859-1881
Kid, The 1859-1881
McCarty, Billy
McCarty Billy 1859-1881
McCarty, Henry
McCarty Henry 1859-1881
McCarty, Henry asi 1859-asi 1881
McCarty, William Henry
McCarty, William Henry asi 1859-asi 1881
Roberts, Brushy Bill
Roberts, William Henry
Vaikis Bilis
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Билли Кид
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Біллі Кід
בילי הנער
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الولد بيلي
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ビリー・ザ・キッド
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