Read by Daniel Luna

Reputed to have killed his first man at the age of twelve, William Bonney went on to
gun his way into Western legend as Billy the Kid. When he was finally shot himself at
the age of twenty-one, the Kid was famous throughout the country as the boy who, so
he boasted, had killed a man for every year of his life. This is the story of William
Bonney as told by the lawman who ended his notorious career. While explaining the
public sympathy that the citizens of the Southwest often accorded youths like Bonney,
Garrett challenges the glorified legends of the Kid, offering instead the more genuine
story of a young, reckless cowhand who became a hired gun.

Combining the best elements of eyewitness history with the dramatic flair of a great
Western novel, this is the clearest account we have of the meteoric career of a man
some thought of as a murdering fiend, and others as the Robin Hood of the Southwest.


The author

Patrick "Pat" Floyd Garrett (June 5, 1850 . February 29, 1908) was an American Old
West lawman, bartender, and customs agent who was best known for killing Billy the
Kid. He was also the sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico.

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