The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid, Pat F. Garrett
The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid, Pat F. Garrett
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The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid

Author: Pat F. Garrett

Narrator: Daniel Luna

Unabridged: 5 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Synopsis

Pat Garrett was the sheriff of Lincoln County who killed Billy the Kid. When Garretts book appeared, eight lurid dime novels had glorified and falsified the Kid, making him into a murderous superoutlaw. Garretts book tells the more genuine story of a young, reckless cowhand who became a cattle rustler and a hired gun.

About Pat F. Garrett

Pat F. Garrett, born in Alabama in 1850, worked as a cowboy and buffalo hunter in Texas. By 1878 he had drifted to the Pecos in eastern New Mexico and was elected sheriff of wild Lincoln County in the fall of 1880. He also served as sheriff of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, and commander of rangers in Wheeler County, Texas. The Southwest’s most celebrated sheriff, he is best known for his killing of Billy the Kid and for his book, The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid, which was written in collaboration with his friend, frontier newspaperman Ashmun Upson.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessaka on April 08, 2018

I was watching Book TV and an historian, Michael Wallis I believe, was talking about this book, and I remembered when I was in the grammar school I used to visit our library and read all the books about outlaws of the old west, but I didn't remember reading this one, so I found it on kindle for 99 c......more

Goodreads review by Deacon Tom on September 08, 2020

A fair read. More of a stream of facts that a good book.......more

Goodreads review by Shayna on October 29, 2023

How many times have you read this book? Yes. That being said, 3.5 stars, rounded to 4 simply because of the subject matter. Having a moment of nostalgia; I don’t know how many times I read this book as a kid. I’m pretty sure I probably filled out an entire check-out log from the school library for i......more

Goodreads review by Francesco on June 06, 2014

Well this book gets two stars in my opinion. I didn't really get any hook from it. Personally when i read, at a particular point in the begin just hooks me in. This was non existent throughout this novel. Now the only reason why this got two stars versus one is because im a really big fan of billy t......more

Goodreads review by Max on April 18, 2025

3.5 this one really but rounded it up because I’m a sucker for first hand accounts from history. This potted history of the life of the legendary ‘Billy the Kid’, as told by the man who eventually shot him down - Deputy US Marshall Pat Garrett, was surprisingly dry but a good read nonetheless. Garret......more

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