To Hell on a Fast Horse: The Untold Story of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (534 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0061368296 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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” —Hampton Sides, New York Times bestsellingauthor of Ghost Soldiers No outlaw typifies America’s mythic Wild West more than Billy the Kid. David Dary calls To Hell on a Fast Horse, “A masterpiece,” and Robert M. “So richly detailed, you can almost smell the gunsmoke and the sweat of the saddles. To Hell on a Fast Horse by Mark Lee Gardner is the riveting true tale of Sheriff Pat Garrett’s thrilling, break-neck chase in pursuit of the notorious bandit. Utley calls it, “Superb narrative history.”This is spellbinding historical adventure at its v
Bill Slocum said Stays On The Factual Side Of The Trail. Billy the Kid is one of America's most famous killers, but the only killing he is really known for is his own. Mark Lee Gardner presents a sober-sided retelling of the life and death of the Kid and of the man who brought him down, Pat Garrett."To Hell On A Fast Horse" scores points for sticking to the facts, but loses them forsticking to the facts. I come away from reading this "Stays On The Factual Side Of The Trail" according to Bill Slocum. Billy the Kid is one of America's most famous killers, but the only killing he is really known for is his own. Mark Lee Gardner presents a sober-sided retelling of the life and death of the Kid and of the man who brought him down, Pat Garrett."To Hell On A Fast Horse" scores points for sticking to the facts, but loses them forsticking to the facts. I come away from reading this 2010 hi. 010 hi. B. Adducchio said They Call Me William Bonney. This book was a very enjoyable read and went into great detail about the life of Pat Garrett. Unfortunately, because there's not a lot of accurate information about Billy out there because he lived life in the shadows and record keeping wasn't as comprehensive as it is today, so Billy disappears altogether about two thirds of the way through the book. Still, I learned a lot and I'm ver. Very well researched and written true history of Billy the Kid Mark Lee Gardner has so thoroughly researched and written this history of William Bonney, Billy the Kid, and his killer, Pat Garrett that many of the myths can now be put to rest. The Legend of Billy the Kid has been romanticized by many movies, books and songs, but now the actual historical facts are on display.The book is laid out in chronological fashion and the story of Billy the K
B&w photos. All rights reserved. Digging beneath the myths and melodrama, he begins in Las Vegas during Christmas week, 1880, when the capture and confinement of Billy the Kid made national headlines. Gardner then details the Kid's daring daylight courthouse escape on April 28, 1881, in a hail of gunfire, leaving bloodied bodies behind. I am not going to leave the country, said the Kid, and I am not going to reform, neither am I going to be taken alive again. As Gardner sees it, the battle between the wily Kid and the determined Garrett is perhaps the greatest of our Old West le