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==In film, literature, and music== |
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Billy the Kid has been the subject or inspiration for many works of art, including: |
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* [[Michael Ondaatje]]'s [[1970]] book of [[poetry]] ''The Collected Works of Billy the Kid'' |
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* [[Sam Peckinpah]]'s [[1973]] motion picture ''[[Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid]]'' |
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* [[Howard Hughes|Howard Hughes']] [[1943]] motion picture ''[[The Outlaw]]'' |
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* ''Billy the Kid'' (1930) - directed by [[King Vidor]] and starring [[Johnny Mack Brown]] |
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* Christopher Cain's 1988 motion picture ''[[Young Guns]]'' |
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* 1988 film, ''[[Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure]]'' (portrayed by [[Dan Shor]]) |
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* [[Geoff Murphy]]'s 1990 motion picture ''[[Young Guns II]]'' |
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* [[Aaron Copland]]'s [[1938]] ballet, ''Billy the Kid'' |
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* [[N. Scott Momaday]]'s novel ''The Ancient Child'' |
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* [[Chris LeDoux]]'s song, ''Billy the Kid'' |
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* [[Billy Joel]]'s song, ''The Ballad of Billy The Kid'' |
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* [[Tom Petty]]'s song, ''Billy The Kid'' |
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* Billy Dean's song, "Billy the Kid" |
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* [[Jon Bon Jovi]]'s album ''Blaze of Glory'' |
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* German Heavy Metal veterans [[Running Wild (band)]]'s song, ''Billy the Kid'' |
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* Two Gallants' song "Las Cruces Jail". |
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* [[Pat Garrett]]'s book ''The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid'' |
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* [[Jack Spicer]]'s [[1958]] serial poem ''Billy The Kid'' |
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* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065547/ Chisum], 1970 movie staring [[John Wayne]] as [[John Chisum]] dealing with Billy the Kid's involvement in the [[Lincoln County War]]. Portrayed by [[Geoffrey Deuel]]. |
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* [[Joseph Santley]] - 1906 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] play co-written by Santley in which he also starred |
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* [[Treehouse of Horror XIII]] - 2002. The Simpsons encounter a zombie Billy the Kid who wreaks havoc in town |
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* [[Bonnie 'Prince' Billy]] and [[Bonnie Billy]], two of the monikers used by US musician [[Will Oldham]], allude, among other references, to the names Billy The Kid and William H. Bonney |
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* [[Billy the Kid Returns]], a PC game based on the life of Billy the Kid published by Alive Software in 1993. |
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* Jim Wynne's book "War in the Guadalupes." |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 14:50, 7 April 2006
Henry McCarty (November 23, 1860 – July 14, 1881) better known as Billy the Kid but also known by the aliases Henry Antrim and William Harrison Bonney, was a 19th century American frontier outlaw and murderer who was a participant in the Lincoln County War. He was reputed to have killed 21 men, one for each year of his life, but the actual total is probably closer to nine (four on his own and five with the help of others). Short and lithe, McCarty had blue eyes, smooth cheeks and prominent front teeth. Many newspaper reporters said, "Billy is handsome and very easy going." He was also personable and quick to laugh, but these qualities masked a fierce temper and a single-minded resolve which, combined with superior shooting skills and an almost animal cunning, served to make him a dangerous outlaw. Although little known in his own lifetime, McCarty was catapulted into legend in the year after his death when his killer, Sheriff Patrick Garrett, published a wildly popular, and wildly sensationalistic, biography of the outlaw called The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid. Beginning with Garrett's account, Billy the Kid would grow into perhaps the most famous and symbolic figure of the American Old West.
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See also
References
- The Old West: The Gunfighters, Paul Trachtman, Time Life Books, 1974.
- The Saga of Billy the Kid, Walter Noble Burns.
- Trailing Billy the Kid, By Phillip J Rasch.
- DesertUSA: "The Desert's Baddest Boy"
- The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
