The Cold Case Billy The Kid Megahoax

Author : Gale Cooper
Publisher : Gelcour Books
ISBN 13 : 9781949626155
Total Pages : 936 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cold Case Billy the Kid Megahoax: The Plot to Steal Billy the Kid's Identity and to Defame Sheriff Pat Garrett as a Murderer written by Gale Cooper and published by Gelcour Books. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gale Cooper, a Harvard Medical School educated M.D. forensic psychiatrist, draws on her 20 years of Billy the Kid writings and research to write Cold Case Billy the Kid: The Plot to Steal Billy the Kid's Identity and to Defame Sheriff Pat Garrett as a Murderer. It is the definitive debunking of Billy the Kid imposter hoaxes: old men who claimed to have survived Sheriff Pat Garrett's famous July 14, 1881 shooting and to have lived to old age, and their profiteering promoting authors. For the first time, in one big book, with meticulous exposés and profuse sources, are included the 20th century pretenders, Oliver "Brushy Bill" Roberts and John Miller; and their 21st century revivals in the "Billy the Kid Case" forensic DNA hoax, and the Cold Case Billy the Kid megahoax, which combined them all. Not only are profiteering charlatans debunked; but, in contrast, the art, science, and labor of discovering real history are demonstrated. Additional concerns are voiced about irresponsible promotion of the antiquated pretenders and their false conspiracy theories in documentaries hawking "history's mysteries" and victimizing their unsuspecting audience. Hardcover and Paperback. 936 pages.

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Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Author : Richard W. Etulain
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806168080
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Billy the Kid written by Richard W. Etulain and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A central character in legends and histories of the Old West, Billy the Kid rivals such western icons as Jesse James and General George Armstrong Custer for the number of books and movies his brief, violent life inspired. Billy the Kid: A Reader’s Guide introduces readers to the most significant of these written and filmed works. Compiled and written by a respected historian of the Old West and author of a masterful new biography of Billy the Kid, this reader’s guide includes summaries and evaluations of biographies, histories, novels, and movies, as well as archival sources and research collections. Surveying newspaper articles, books, pamphlets, essays, and book chapters, Richard W. Etulain traces the shifting views of Billy the Kid from his own era to the present. Etulain’s discussion of novels and movies reveals a similar shift, even as it points out both the historical inaccuracies and the literary and cinematic achievements of these works. A brief section on the authentic and supposed photographs of the Kid demonstrates the difficulties specialists and collectors have encountered in locating dependable photographic sources. This discerning overview will guide readers through the plethora of words and images generated by Billy the Kid’s life and legend over more than a century. It will prove invaluable to those interested in the demigods of the Old West—and in the ever-changing cultural landscape in which they appear to us.

Author : Richard W. Etulain
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806168056
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thunder in the West written by Richard W. Etulain and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2020-07-09 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even before he was shot and killed in 1881, Billy the Kid’s charisma and murderous career were generating stories that belied his brief life—and that only multiplied, growing to legendary proportions after his death at age twenty-one. In Thunder in the West, Richard W. Etulain takes the true measure of Billy, the man and the legend, and presents the clearest picture yet of his life and his ever-shifting place and presence in the cultural landscape of the Old West. Billy the Kid—born Henry McCarty in 1859, and also known as William H. Bonney—emerges from these pages in all his complexity, at once a gentleman and gregarious companion, and a thief and violent murderer. Tapping new depths of research, Etulain traces Billy’s short life from his mysterious origins in the East through his wanderings in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. As we move from his peripatetic early years through the wild West to his fatal involvement in the Lincoln County Wars, we see the impressionable boy give way to the conflicted young man and, finally, to the opportunistic and often amoral outlaw who was out for himself, for revenge, and for whatever he could steal along the way. Against this deftly drawn portrait, Etulain considers the stories and myths spawned by Billy’s life and death. Beginning with the dime novels featuring Billy the Kid, even during his lifetime, and ranging across the myriad newspaper accounts, novels, and movies that alternately celebrated his outlaw life and condemned his exploits, Etulain offers a uniquely informed view of the changing interpretations that have shaped and reshaped the reputation of this enduring icon of the Old West. In his portrayal, Billy the Kid lives on, not as a cut-throat desperado or a young charmer but as both—hero and villain, myth and man, fully realized in this twenty-first-century interpretation.

Author : John LeMay
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625855117
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tall Tales and Half Truths of Billy the Kid written by John LeMay and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A great exposé . . . that humorously captures the many myths that Americans are willing to believe and that make up the tapestry of the Old West.” —Former Representative Morgan Nelson While many respectable books on Billy the Kid aim to demystify his illusory life, this one-of-a-kind collection proudly has no such intention. Find all of the untold and potentially true—but very unlikely and highly embellished—stories of the Kid’s life, death and enthralling life thereafter. Be thrilled by sightings of Billy’s ghost riding through old Fort Sumner and marvel at his search for the fabled Lost Adams Diggings. Wonder at the mysterious thefts of his tombstone and discover the famed desperado’s dozen or so doppelgangers who posthumously popped up all across the Southwest. Courtesy of yarn-spinning raconteurs of yore, author John LeMay unveils the many forgotten and discarded tales of the legendary William H. Bonney, an everlasting emblem of the American West.

Author : W. C. Jameson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493031716
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cold Case: Billy the Kid written by W. C. Jameson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this series, private investigators pick up where the historians left off, taking on a series of major cold cases in history, starting with the mishandling of evidence relating to the life and times of Billy the Kid.Cold Case: Billy the Kid tackles the myths and legends about the notorious outlaw one by one, considering the evidence from contemporary sources and looking at the physical evidence still extant today to consider the veracity of historical claims and considering the evidence through the lens of a legal investigation. In this first book, the writers tackle the evolution of an outlaw in myth and lore, claiming that Billy the Kid as a notorious outlaw is a manufactured concept. They offer evidence that the Kid was little more than one of several small time cattle and horse thieves whose rustling netted him only a small amount of intermittent income. He killed no fewer, and probably no more, than four or five men. For the most part he worked on ranches, notably those of John Chisum and John Henry Tunstall. The Kid, as a cattle thief, was known to many in southern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle, along with a number of other troublesome rustlers.

Author : Steven M. Sederwall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781647380113
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dirty on Billy the Kid written by Steven M. Sederwall and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-17 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The one and only time Billy the Kid made the front page of the New York Times was when Cold West detective Steve Sederwall re-opened the century old cold case of two deputies murdered by the notorious outlaw when he escaped from the Lincoln County Jail. Now , for the first time, Steve tells the story of his investigation in detail.Excerpt"The Little Rat-Bastard", was pretty much the kindest description I could muster for Billy the Kid. I saw him as little more than saddle trash, on the opposite side of everything for which I've ever stood and as a result, I had no use for this buck-toothed derelict. I've worn a badge my entire adult life, I bleed blue, and admittedly it's from that perspective I had formed my opinion. As a result, I had no problem with Pat Garrett voiding this scumbag's birth certificate. Well, that is until I saw the "dirty". Everyone has a secret they hope will remain hidden; cops call that "the dirty". It's not until you see the dirty do you understand the entire truth. When secrets are hidden, there's someone who doesn't want the truth known.Cops understand the truth cannot be reached until you see the raw evidence and facts void of the spin. You'll overlook the dirty if you're unable to pick up the "tells". Those signs, always present, pointing to the evidence, which, if followed, will drop you off at the doorstep of truth.In a criminal investigation, you may find evidence pointing to guilt, or uncover evidence clearing the suspect; in legal jargon, the evidence in the suspect's favor is called exculpatory. The state is bound by law to disclose exculpatory evidence; however, the same does not apply to history.

Author : Gale Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780986070747
Total Pages : 888 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Santa Fe Ring Versus Billy the Kid written by Gale Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Santa Fe Ring versus Billy the Kid, by Gale Cooper, exposes New Mexico Territory's Santa Fe Ring, and its greatest adversary: the Lincoln County War freedom fighter hero, Billy Bonney, aka Billy the Kid. The 152 year cover-up is over.

Author : Gale Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780986022678
Total Pages : 1056 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cracking the Billy the Kid Case Hoax written by Gale Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 1056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cracking the Billy the Kid Case Hoax: The Strange Plot to Exhume Billy the Kid, Convict Pat Garrett of Murder, and Become President of the United States, a 1,056 page illustrated paperback with primary document appendix and extensive bibliography and index, is a riveting and rollicking whistleblower saga told by the author about her decade spent saving the iconic Old West history of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett from a huge historic/forensic hoax: a fabrication that Garrett never killed the Kid. Stopping that hoax used the Harvard educated author's background as an M.D. murder case consultant, her expertise in Billy the Kid history, and her willingness to risk danger. The Billy the Kid Case hoax was a self-serving publicity stunt by a governor, lawmen, and accomplices using illegal exhumations and faked DNA claims. The author's transforming personal journey exposed New Mexico's Santa Fe Ring corruption, debunked old-timer Billy the Kid pretenders, and enlisted aid from pre-eminent DNA experts and the modern family of Pat Garrett; until the author stood alone in a court as pro se to stop the hoaxers with penalties against them of a million dollars. Ultimately, cracking the hoax came from the author's finding a document revealing the hoax's secret and shocking motive. She was further amazed that the modern Santa Fe Ring's players matched the antique Ring players in the days of Billy the Kid. The Lincoln County War fought them in Billy's day; this modern fight was its rerun. OTHER BILLY THE KID BOOKS BY AUTHOR ARE: JOY OF THE BIRDS: A NOVEL; BILLY AND PAULITA: A NOVEL; MEGAHOAX: THE STRANGE PLOT TO EXHUME BILLY THE KID AND BECOME PRESIDENT; BILLY THE KID'S PRETENDERS: "BRUSHY BILL & JOHN MILLER; BILLY THE KID'S WRITINGS, WORDS, AND WIT; PARDON FOR BILLY THE KID: AN ANALYSIS.

Author : Gale Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781949626209
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Coroner's Jury Report of Billy the Kid written by Gale Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gale Cooper's The Coroner's Jury Report of Billy the Kid: The Inquest that Sealed the Fame of Billy Bonney and Pat Garrett, 436 pages in Hardcover and Paperback, proves that it takes just that one Report to end all the Billy the Kid imposter hoaxes. This is the definitive book on that Report, which identified Pat Garrett's July 14, 1881 Fort Sumner victim as William Bonney, "the Kid." Given are the circumstances of that Coroner's Jury Report's writing, its proper filing with San Miguel County court records, and its basis for Pat Garrett's collecting his reward. The book also debunks the 20th century Billy the Kid imposter hoaxes of "Brushy Bill" Roberts and John Miller, which were based on denying that Garrett fatally shot the Kid on July 14, 1881, claimed he killed an innocent victim instead, and lied that Billy survived to old age as themselves. Also hoaxbusted are the 21st century "Billy the Kid Case" hoax and the "Cold Case Billy the Kid" megahoax, built on those old imposters' lies, with more added. The author is a Billy the Kid expert, author of many history and hoaxbusting books on the subject. She is a Harvard Medical School educated M.D. forensic psychiatrist.