Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid, the Mystery has been solved. My topic is Billy the kid. He had blue eyes, he was small and skinny, and he had small girlish hands. He was born in New York or Indiana; no one is positive on which one it is, in about 1859. In his time, he had killed 9 people, that we know of, and now people speculate how many he actually killed, some people think it was 21 people, one person for every year he was alive. Although Billy the Kid is a solved mystery one suspect has been established including

to Garrett, “That’s him!” “Quickly as possible I drew my revolver and fired, threw my body aside, and fired again” claimed Garrett.(p.3) The Kid was dead. Pat Garrett was with John Poe, Thomas McKinney, and Pete Maxwell when he shot Billy the Kid. Problems with the Conspiracy Although there are alternate theories or conspiracies on Billy the Kid, the main theory accepted by conspirators is that ‘Brushy Bill’ is Billy the Kid. This conspiracy is false, and is not the version I accept as the truth

entwined lives of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. The tale is split between each man’s point of view to capture every moment of Garrett’s hunt for Billy the Kid. Gardner put in extensive research to give his readers more than anything they had previously read about the two men. He writes that his goal was to force the ghosts of the two to talk, so he could write a more complete history of the infamous hunt of Billy the Kid. The story begins with Billy the Kid in the handcuffs of Pat Garrett. As they ride

The Death of Billy the Kid In the period time from 1865- 1890, the Plain and Indian War. It started when the Americans wanted to expand to the Great Plains. The only problem was that the Indians lived there. In addition, the government decided to move them to reservations that were small and farming was not possible because the land was dry. The Indians fought for their lands and some of those battles were the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Wounded Knee, and the Sand Creek Massacre. Furthermore, after

The Death of Billy the Kid In 1865- 1890, the Plain and Indian Wars, was the turning point for the Native Americans. It started when the Americans wanted to expand to the Great Plains. The only problem was that the Native Americans lived there, and the government decided to move them to reservations that were small and farming was not possible because the land was dry. The Indians fought for their lands and some of those battles were the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Wounded Knee, and the Sand Creek

Henry McCarty aka Billy the Kid was born on November 23, 1859 in New York City. His parents’ names are not known for certain but his mother was Katherine. His father died around the end of the Civil War and at about the same time, his mother got Tuberculosis. On March 1, 1873, Catherine McCarty married a man named William Antrim. he then moved them all to New Mexico. His stepfather worked as a bartender and carpenter. But after that he got the prospecting bug and ignored his wife and stepsons. Despite

Billy the Kid      Billy the Kid is one of the most famous outlaws in American history. He has been a widely told figure in American history as well as folklore. The have made movies from his history and have also wrote many books on him. Most of Billy the Kids life remains a heated controversy throughout America.      Billy the Kid was born in New York City on November 23, 1859 to William and Kathleen McCarty Bonney and given the name William H.

a Boy Without a Mother In the tale of the famous American outlaw William Henry McCarty, Jr famously known as, Billy the Kid, the west is portrayed erroneously as the land of freedom and rebellion by exemplifying actions of William’s exploits. However, in reality the west that Billy the Kid knew was a cutthroat and barbarous land filled with outlaws and lonesome juveniles. Billy the Kid is a personification of the American passion for western legends as he is regarded as both a cold blooded killer

Thomas Hall English Composition Billy the Kid William H. Bonney, who was also known as Billy the Kid and also known as Henry Antrim, was born November 23, 1859. He had slim physique, blue eyes, and sandy blonde hair. These features along with his childish face are why he got the nickname “Kid”. Billy the Kid was a gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War and became a frontier outlaw in the Old American West. According to legend, he killed 21 men, but it is believed that he only killed between

Billy the Kid was an outlaw. He had multiple names and there is not much known about his early life and parents. He was born as William Henry McCarthy Jr. on November 23, 1859. Henry’s mother died of tuberculosis when he was only 15. However, raising a teenaged boy did not sound like a good idea to his stepfather, so he went into a boarding home. The Kid had many run ins with the law, but being a well-known outlaw started in Arizona when he killed someone in self-defense. He then went on the run