Billy the Kid

Reviews

"Michael Wallis does a scrupulous and persuasive sifting of the evidence about Billy’s life and activities." — Larry McMurtry, New York Review of Books

"Michael Wallis’s Billy the Kid is the closest anyone has come to a definitive biography of the most mythical figure of the American frontier." — Allen Barra, AmericanHeritage.com

"Research became a pleasure reading Michael Wallis’s books about Pretty Boy Floyd and the Oklahoma oil barons for one of my novels. I couldn’t wait to read Wallis’s Billy the Kid, prompted by the author’s scholarship and readable style. Following Wallis’s search for the real Billy the Kid is a fascinating experience." — Elmore Leonard

"Wallis’s reconstruction of the Kid’s exploits is engrossing…Over the decades, countless books have been written about the infamous outlaw, and this is surely one of the best." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"In this objective, non-sensationalistic biography of legendary outlaw Billy the Kid, historian Wallis…painstakingly sifts fact from fiction." — Kirkus Reviews

"This well-written and engaging biography is aimed primarily at general readers interested in the West and provides a clear, concise, and reliable account of Billy; Wallis is careful not to make his story so complicated that it confuses readers." — Library Journal