Tall Tales & Half Truths of Pat Garrett

Author:   John Lemay
Publisher:   History Press Library Editions
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9781540203427


Pages:   146
Publication Date:   09 May 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Tall Tales & Half Truths of Pat Garrett


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While many lionize Billy the Kid, the man who killed him, Sheriff Patrick Floyd Garrett, has a rarely told but riveting true story all his own. His adventurous life spawned many a far-fetched, exciting legend. In 1896, Garrett s investigation of the still-unsolved murder of Albert J. Fountain on the White Sands led to nothing but a gunfight and a dead deputy. Some say that Garrett faked the details the night the Kid was brought to ultimate justice, while others swear another wannabe hero did him in. In perfect irony, Garrett s own 1908 death is shrouded in mystery. Some report he died by the hand of Billy the Kid himself. Author John LeMay exposes fabricated tales for what they are and focuses on memories long forgotten about Billy the Kid s personal grave digger, Sheriff Pat Garrett.""

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Author:   John Lemay
Publisher:   History Press Library Editions
Imprint:   History Press Library Editions
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.367kg
ISBN:  

9781540203427


ISBN 10:   1540203425
Pages:   146
Publication Date:   09 May 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Reading John Lemay's 'Tall Tales & Half Truths of Pat Garrett' you get the idea everyone living in New Mexico in the 1880s, as well as those descended from them, had or has a story about Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. And that most of those stories are different. ...Lemay sorts through this maze of lies, rumors and distortions, ... True West Magazine


"""Reading John Lemay's 'Tall Tales & Half Truths of Pat Garrett' you get the idea everyone living in New Mexico in the 1880s, as well as those descended from them, had or has a story about Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. And that most of those stories are different. ...Lemay sorts through this maze of lies, rumors and distortions, ..."" True West Magazine"


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