{"product_id":"9780063011939_to-hell-on-a-fast-horse-updated-edition","title":"To Hell on a Fast Horse Updated Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e“So richly detailed, you can almost smell the gunsmoke and the sweat of the saddles.”—Hampton Sides, New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Spur Award-winning author Mark Lee Gardner, his classic dual biography of Billy the Kid and Sheriff Pat Garrett, detailing Garrett’s riveting chase of the notorious bandit—now updated with a new afterword covering new developments in the Billy the Kid story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBilly the Kid—a.k.a. Henry McCarty, Henry Antrim, and William Bonney—was a horse thief, cattle rustler, charismatic rogue, and cold-blooded killer. A superb shot, the Kid gunned down four men single handedly and five others with the help of cronies. Two of his victims were Lincoln County, NM, deputies, killed during the Kid’s brazen daylight escape from the courthouse jail on April 28, 1881. After dspensing with his guards and filing through the chain securing his leg irons, The Kid danced a macabre jig on the jail’s porch before riding away on a stolen horse as terrified townspeople—and many sympathizers—watched. For new sheriff, Pat Garrett, the chase was on . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Hell on a Fast Horse recreates the thrilling manhunt for the Wild West’s most iconic outlaw. It is also the first “dual biography” of the Kid and Garrett, two larger-than-life figures who would not have become the stuff of legend without the other. Drawing on voluminous primary sources and a wealth of published scholarship, Mark L. Gardner digs beneath the myth to take a fresh look at these two men, their relationship, and what they would come to mean to a public enamored of a violent national past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis gripping dual biography separates fact from fiction, revealing the true story of the Old West's most famous rivalry:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn Epic Chase:\u003c\/b\u003e Follow Sheriff Pat Garrett's thrilling, months-long manhunt for Billy the Kid across the harsh landscapes of the New Mexico Territory.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Lincoln County War:\u003c\/b\u003e Go inside the bloody feud that transformed a young cowboy into a cold-blooded killer and set the stage for the West's most legendary showdown.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTrue Crime History:\u003c\/b\u003e Meticulously researched from primary sources, this is the definitive story of two larger-than-life figures whose legacies are forever intertwined.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWild West Outlaw:\u003c\/b\u003e Separate the man from the myth with a fresh look at Henry McCarty, a.k.a. William Bonney—the charismatic rogue and superb shot behind the legend of Billy the Kid.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Mark Lee Gardner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46908437463189,"sku":"9780063011939","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780063011939.png?v=1777422791","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780063011939_to-hell-on-a-fast-horse-updated-edition","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}