Rickards, Colin
Sheriff Pat Garrett's Last Days Colin Rickards - 1st ed. - Santa Fe, NM Sunstone Press 1986 - 95 p. ill. ; 22 cm. - Western legacy series .
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 92.
Who actually killed Pat Garrett, the renowned Southwestern sheriff? Was it cowboy Wayne Brazel or hired killer Jim Miller? Brazel confessed, but few believed his story and he was acquitted. Garrett had tracked down and killed the outlaw Billy the Kid but also became a victim of the tangled politics of the time. Colin Rickards has done extensive research on Pat Garrett including checking official court records, investigating contemporary accounts and concluding interviews. He separates fact from fantasy in this meticulously documented account. The book also contains a number of rare photographs. Cover
086534079X (pbk.)
9780865340794
85025020
Garrett, Pat F. 1850-1908 --Assassination.
Sheriffs--New Mexico--Biography
Frontier and pioneer life--New Mexico
New Mexico--Biography
New Mexico--History--1848-
F801.G3 / R53 1986
978.9040924 Ric B 48
Sheriff Pat Garrett's Last Days Colin Rickards - 1st ed. - Santa Fe, NM Sunstone Press 1986 - 95 p. ill. ; 22 cm. - Western legacy series .
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 92.
Who actually killed Pat Garrett, the renowned Southwestern sheriff? Was it cowboy Wayne Brazel or hired killer Jim Miller? Brazel confessed, but few believed his story and he was acquitted. Garrett had tracked down and killed the outlaw Billy the Kid but also became a victim of the tangled politics of the time. Colin Rickards has done extensive research on Pat Garrett including checking official court records, investigating contemporary accounts and concluding interviews. He separates fact from fantasy in this meticulously documented account. The book also contains a number of rare photographs. Cover
086534079X (pbk.)
9780865340794
85025020
Garrett, Pat F. 1850-1908 --Assassination.
Sheriffs--New Mexico--Biography
Frontier and pioneer life--New Mexico
New Mexico--Biography
New Mexico--History--1848-
F801.G3 / R53 1986
978.9040924 Ric B 48