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Lädt ... The Kidvon Ron Hansen
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. According to the author’s acknowledgments, “This is a work of fiction based on fact” of the life of Billy the Kid. It is streamlined, and some people consolidated but stays true to the Kid’s biography. There is a long list of characters provided at the beginning of the book and it contains a good amount of detail. It is sympathetic to the Kid, trying to paint him as a real person and separate facts from sensationalism. It reads like an essay and gives a good idea of what life was like in New Mexico Territory in the 19th century. I found it a good, solid read, but not particularly dynamic. Recommended to fans of westerns or those interested in the lives of famous outlaws. ( ) Billy the Kid is an enigma of history. Good friend and charming ladies' man? Psychopath? Justly aggrieved range-war avenger? The ultimate evocation of that enigma is Michael Ondaatje's brilliant The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. And to be fair, that's not what Ron Hansen's about in his far more prosaic The Kid: "To belong. To be liked. To be famous. To be feared." The ambitions of William H. Bonney, a.k.a. Billy the Kid, as imagined here. The story picks up when Pat Garrett begins his relentless pursuit, but that also put me in mind of another book I read years ago and liked better (at least at the time), Loren D. Estleman's Journey of the Dead, with its depiction of a Garrett haunted for the rest of his life by The Kid. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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"A new novel from Ron Hansen, the award-winning author of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, about an iconic American criminal of the old West: legendary outlaw, Billy the Kid. Born Henry McCarty, Billy the Kid was a diminutive, charming, blond-haired young man who, growing up in New York, Kansas, and later New Mexico, demonstrated a precocious dexterity at firing six-shooters with either hand--a skill that both got him into and out of trouble and that turned him into an American legend of the old West. He was smart, well-spoken, attractive to both white and Mexican women, a good dancer, and a man with a nose for money, horses, and trouble. His spree of crimes and murders has been immortalized in dime westerns, novels, and movies. But the whole story of his short, epically violent life has never been told as it has been here. In The Kid, Ron Hansen showcases his masterful research and inimitable style as he breathes life into history, bringing readers back into the late 1800s and into Billy's boyhood as a ranch hand just trying to wrest a fortune from an unforgiving landscape. We are with Billy in every gunfight and horse theft and get to know him in full before his grand death in a hail of bullets in 1881 at the age of twenty-one. Original, powerful, and swiftly told, The Kid is an unforgettable read about a uniquely American anti-hero"--
"Born Henry McCarty, Billy the Kid was a diminutive, charming, blond-haired young man who, growing up in New York, Kansas, and later New Mexico, demonstrated a precocious dexterity at firing six-shooters with either hand--a skill that both got him into and out of trouble and that turned him into an American legend of the old West. He was smart, well-spoken, attractive to both white and Mexican women, a good dancer, and a man with a nose for money, horses, and trouble. His spree of crimes and murders has been immortalized in dime westerns, novels, and movies. But the whole story of his short, epically violent life has never been told as it has been here"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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