tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148048131502110089.post6665359225998289217..comments2024-02-08T03:37:01.136-06:00Comments on Heretic, Rebel, a Thing to Flout: Looking at Billy the Kid—Part II—The Making of an OutlawPatrick Murfinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05191688376908660270noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148048131502110089.post-9690543935290477212017-12-02T11:01:09.830-06:002017-12-02T11:01:09.830-06:00Hate to tell ya, but no one/no way/no how can p r...Hate to tell ya, but no one/no way/no how can p r o v e when/where/to whom Billy was born, what his true legal name would have been, why his father was not around, or even who his birth mother was. There is no evidence whatever that he spoke a word of Gaelic, or that he ever lived in New York. To say he was a remorseless killer is simply not true. He was a soldier in the Lincoln County War, and killed the way any other soldier kills. It's v e r y difficult to get a true picture of him from print, and i m p o s s i b l e to get one from the web. He is one of the most unfairly maligned individualsin all of American history.<br />Regards,<br />Dave Snell<br />TucsonD Snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022571548867205319noreply@blogger.com