Chasing Notorious Billy the Kid. True Story Behind the Manhunt. Lawmen
and Outlaws Clash.
True story behind one of the most notorious names from the Wild West. New books about Billy the Kid appear multiple times each year, most filled with a tired rehash of much that has been previously known about the young outlaw. Is there anything to be learned about Billy the Kid that is “new?” Yes! Historians Kurt House and Roy B. Young have found it. In addition to
uncovering new information about Billy, the book contains several rare illustrations, some of which have never before been published, as well as a unique, detailed analysis of the arms used in the Lincoln County War. Most of what has been known about Billy the Kid’s life originated with Pat Garrett’s biography of him, “An Authentic Life….” However, the book was seriously misnamed and is full of errors and the self-aggrandizement of the author. As a result of Kurt House purchasing a Colt revolver formerly owned by a posse-man in the chase and capture of Billy the Kid and his gang of cattle rustlers, House and Young started an investigation into original owner, a Texas Panhandle cattle detective who went by the alias “Frank Stewart.” This research project has turned old and tired stories on their head with new information, new discoveries, and the correction of false and fake history. In early to mid-2022, a new book Chasing Billy the Kid: Frank Stewart and the Untold Story of the Manhunt for William H. Bonney will hit the shelves. Nothing like it has been published before and it turns the
whole “Pat Garrett as sole champion in the capture of Billy the Kid” concept around with the truth of what really happened in New Mexico in the winter of 1880