Young Billy, Old Santa Fe
Wild West History, Outlaw Legends, and The City at the End of the Santa Fe Trail
2014
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Did Billy the Kid ice skate? play baseball? tell ghost stories? Legend says this notorious outlaw gunned down twenty-one men—one for each year of his short life—before Sheriff Pat Garrett ended that life in a darkened New Mexico bedroom on July 14, 1881. But what was he like as a youngster in Santa Fe? - How did he spend his days, and his nights? - Did he encounter other residents who would figure significantly in later chapters of his brief life? - And what was New Mexico’s territorial capital like in Billy’s day? - How did Santa Fe’s frontier character and its Hispanic culture shape the development of this future desperado? Historical facts and fanciful legends swirl around Billy the Kid’s early days—and around the City at the End of the Santa Fe Trail—in Young Billy, Lynn Michelsohn’s first book of the non-fiction trilogy, Billy the Kid in Santa Fe. Young Billy includes - over 40 photographs, drawings, and maps - two appendices - an extensive index Recommended for Western History buffs, Billy the Kid aficionados, and anyone who loves Santa Fe. Table of Chapter 1. Billy Comes to Santa Fe—despite defunct burros Chapter 2. Santa Fe Life—blue-eyed Mexicans, scheming politicians, and military music Chapter 3. The City at the End of the Santa Fe Trail—mud, mud, and more mud Chapter 4. February 1873—did Billy ice skate? or play shortstop? Chapter 5. Billy Leaves Santa Fe—after documented event, at last! Appendix A. Pronunciation Guide Appendix B. Finding Billy's Santa Fe Today
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Lynn Michelsohn
Author · 4 books
Places endure . . . as people come and go . . . I enjoy researching and writing about fascinating places and the people who have inhabited them: Roswell’s history from Wild West cow town to UFO crash site, ghosts and historic characters of the Carolina Lowcountry, famous visitors to the Galapagos Islands, and currently, Billy the Kid in Santa Fe. Born in North Carolina, I grew up in Virginia, studied in Vermont, Oklahoma, Montana, and Italy, and have spent much of my adult life in New Mexico. My husband and I currently live in Santa Fe and West Palm Beach, travel when we can, and enjoy visiting with our two adult sons (who seem to have lives of their own).
