Billy the Kid

"Michael Wallis does a scrupulous and persuasive sifting of the evidence about Billy's life and activities." -- Larry McMurtry - New York Review of Books
"Michael Wallis's Billy the Kid is the closest anyone has come to a definitive biography of the most mythical figure of the American frontier." -- Allen Barra - AmericanHeritage.com
"Research became a pleasure reading Michael Wallis's books about Pretty Boy Floyd and the Oklahoma oil barons for one of my novels. I couldn't wait to read Wallis's Billy the Kid, prompted by the author's scholarship and readable style. Following Wallis's search for the real Billy the Kid is a fascinating experience." -- Elmore Leonard
"Wallis's reconstruction of the Kid's exploits is engrossing...Over the decades, countless books have been written about the infamous outlaw, and this is surely one of the best." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"In this objective, non-sensationalistic biography of legendary outlaw Billy the Kid, historian Wallis...painstakingly sifts fact from fiction." -- Kirkus Reviews
"This well-written and engaging biography is aimed primarily at general readers interested in the West and provides a clear, concise, and reliable account of Billy; Wallis is careful not to make his story so complicated that it confuses readers." -- Library Journal