Cold Case: Billy the Kid

Investigating History's Mysteries

W.C. Jameson

In this series, private investigators pick up where the historians left off, taking on a series of major cold cases in history, starting with the mishandling of evidence relating to the life and times of Billy the Kid.Cold Case: Billy the Kid tackles the myths and legends about the notorious outlaw one by one, considering the evidence from contemporary sources and looking at the physical evidence still extant today to consider the veracity of historical claims and considering the evidence through the lens of a legal investigation.

In this first book, the writers tackle the evolution of an outlaw in myth and lore, claiming that Billy the Kid as a notorious outlaw is a manufactured concept. They offer evidence that the Kid was little more than one of several small time cattle and horse thieves whose rustling netted him only a small amount of intermittent income. He killed no fewer, and probably no more, than four or five men. For the most part he worked on ranches, notably those of John Chisum and John Henry Tunstall. The Kid, as a cattle thief, was known to many in southern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle, along with a number of other troublesome rustlers.

Globe Pequot / TwoDot

Pages: 256 • Trim: 5½ x 8

978-1-4930-3171-9 • eBook • May 2018 • $18.99 • (£14.95)

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Criminals & Outlaws, History / United States / 19th Century, History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)

Cold Case: Billy the Kid

Investigating History's Mysteries

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In this series, private investigators pick up where the historians left off, taking on a series of major cold cases in history, starting with the mishandling of evidence relating to the life and times of Billy the Kid.Cold Case: Billy the Kid tackles the myths and legends about the notorious outlaw one by one, considering the evidence from contemporary sources and looking at the physical evidence still extant today to consider the veracity of historical claims and considering the evidence through the lens of a legal investigation.

In this first book, the writers tackle the evolution of an outlaw in myth and lore, claiming that Billy the Kid as a notorious outlaw is a manufactured concept. They offer evidence that the Kid was little more than one of several small time cattle and horse thieves whose rustling netted him only a small amount of intermittent income. He killed no fewer, and probably no more, than four or five men. For the most part he worked on ranches, notably those of John Chisum and John Henry Tunstall. The Kid, as a cattle thief, was known to many in southern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle, along with a number of other troublesome rustlers.

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Globe Pequot / TwoDot

Pages: 256 • Trim: 5½ x 8

978-1-4930-3171-9 • eBook • May 2018 • $18.99 • (£14.95)

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Criminals & Outlaws, History / United States / 19th Century, History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)

Author

W.C. Jameson is the award-winning author of more than a hundred books. He is the bestselling treasure author in America, and his prominence as a professional fortune hunter has led to stints as a consultant for the Unsolved Mysteries television show, the Travel Channel, and the History Channel. He lives near Austin, Texas.

Cold Case: Billy the Kid

Investigating History's Mysteries

W.C. Jameson

Cold Case: Billy the Kid

Investigating History's Mysteries

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