Montana; The Magazine of Western History, January 1st, 2005
SUSAN MCSWEEN AND THE LINCOLN COUNTY WAR
IN 1878 southeastern New Mexico declared war on itself. After the gun smoke cleared, writers tried to explain the Lincoln County War in terms of "good guys" against "bad," victims against ruthless criminals. To spice up their copy, they created a celebrity, Billy the Kid. His exploits prompted the publication of more than two hundred books on the Lincoln County War and persuaded Hollywood to produce some forty films featuring Billy. Once historians began to painstakingly peel back the layers of the outlaw's story, however, they discovered a somewhat ty...
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