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Who was Billy the Kid? Was he Henry McCarty, Henry Antrim or William H. Bonny? Was he a Robin Hood or a cold-blooded outlaw? History says he was a little of both but in this book Donald Cline exposes Billy the Kid as a cowardly crook who did not hesitate to kill for money. Cline explodes all the popular myths and misrepresentations to bring us an authentic Billy the Kid, a cattle rustler, horse thief and murderer. Alias Billy the Kid, based on solid research, depicts the man behind the legend. Illustrated with historical photographs.
- Sales Rank: #1489850 in Books
- Published on: 2016-05-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.39" h x .42" w x 5.52" l, .42 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 146 pages
Review
''Alias Billy the Kid tends to zero in on specific events in The Kid's life not generally written about, and provides exhaustive detail and documentation on dates, locations, and people involved. There are many controversial theories in this book. The image the author paints of The Kid is hardly flattering. On the contrary, according to him, Billy was a deceitful user of men, filled with cruel cunning, and perhaps the lowest blow of all, a coward! Quite a different picture from the generous, loyal and courageous young man spoken of by those who knew him well. There is a full listing of bibliographical sources at the back of the book. Also of interest is a chapter on 'Counterfeit Kids' noting various outlaws tagged with the sobriquet 'Kid' who were either mistaken for him or just fancied themselves to be like him. Informative and entertaining. Recommended for the reader newly interested in the life of William Bonney, alias Billy the Kid.'' ----Elisa Gudino, The Kid
''NOLA is fortunate in having as one of its contributing editors Donald Cline of Albuquerque who is a careful, diligent researcher and whose chief objective is to get at the truth of the matter. That is the aim of this book and what he has accomplished is no less than a major historical breakthrough. Cline has done the kind of basic research that should have been done long ago and what he reveals about Billy the Kid surely will startle if not shock you. The question arises, why have not all the researchers and writers who have been working on Billy before come up with this information?
This is the greatest book on Billy the Kid since Pat Garrett had Ash Upton write his 'authentic life.' It is a sensational job of research that provides surprising new information. We find for example two Catherine Antrims; we discover that Billy and his brother were sent from New York to New Mexico, thence back to New York where Billy killed a man. We discover Billy's genealogy leading to Ireland. And much more. 'Of all American historical personages, more lies, misrepresentations, myths and legends have been presented [about him] than any other,' notes Cline in his foreword.
An illegitimate born in New York in 1859, Billy was first named Henry McCarty, was later called Henry Antrim, then William H. Bonney, and William Antrim. After years of investigation Cline concludes Bonney was a 'personable young man who was not only a coward but a petty cattle thief who sacrificed his friends' lives in order to protect his own safety…. He was a liar, a thief and a user of persons… He was a cold-blooded murderer who never risked anything.' The details make interesting reading, disturbing to those who prefer him as a Robin Hood, gratifying to those who prefer the truth.'' ----NOLA Quarterly (Quarterly of the National Association and Center for Outlaw and Lawman History)
''As one of America's most enduring heroes, Billy the Kid still awaits a complete and factual biography. Cline has now brought that possibility a giant step closer. The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid, by Sheriff Pat Garrett, lacked accuracy even though it was published just a year after the Kid's death, and such spurious blockbusters as The Saga of Billy the Kid, by Walter Noble Burns, did little more than fuel the myth. Other biographers have often incorporated the basic errors of Garrett and Burns and, during the last few years, as considerable nonsense has become entrenched, the real Billy the Kid has gotten more remote. Now Don Cline provides hope that maybe there is an authentic Billy the Kid after all.
Most biographers, including this one, never believed the Kid was born and grew up in New York City. Cline says we are wrong, and builds a good case. He has not only located Billy the Kid and his brother Joe on the New York streets, but he has also unearthed the Kid's mother, documenting her boarding the Deavonshire out of Ireland, bound for New York harbor. Cline even identifies the Kid's real father, a married fruit peddler named Edward McCarty (no relation to Catherine). The author described the Kid's troubles in the Big Apple, where he killed a friend, and then determinedly tracks him to the wilds of New Mexico where miner William H. Antrim married the Kid's mother and adopted him and brother Joe. There is not much evidence that Antrim liked women, although no evidence exists that he was homosexual either, and he apparently took the family as a package deal.
Cline trails the Kid to his death, and provides new details along the way. The author even located a bloody pocketbook carried by Bob Olinger, killed by the Kid with a shotgun at the Lincoln, New Mexico, courthouse. Five letters were inside, and all are printed in the book. Cline's book furnishes the most important Billy the Kid revelations in years.'' ----Leon C. Metz, True West
About the Author
Donald Cline as a historian has spent more than thirty-five years studying the life and times of Billy the Kid. He assigned himself the task of separating fact from fiction.
Most helpful customer reviews
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
More Fiction than fact
By A Customer
Donal Cline clearly demonstrates his inability to distinguish fact from fiction. I find his book to be biased (towards the Murphy-Dolan faction), poorly researched (claiming that Billy the Kid was known as Michael McCarty), and his findings to be very questionable (presents evidence without veryfiable sources.)After reading this book I asked myself why did Cline write this book? He seems to not think to much of "Billy the Kid" so why write a book about him? Why not stick to your true passion and write a documentary about James Dolan and L.G. Murphy.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Don Cline was my father
By Sharon Dooley
I response to those who question his research, I can personally attest to the fact that he spent nearly ALL of his spare time, while at home or business trips, in libraries, in government offices, museums - doing research. He was a dogged researcher his whole life. We all felt this was his calling. By those historians with whom he corresponded, he was considered the foremost authority on Billy the Kid. The minutiae that would be discussed, inspected, pulled apart and put together again was vast. Though his interest was the history of the southwest in general, he lived and breathed Billy the Kid.
I appreciate those that have read up on the matter and have an opinion - debate is good - but I just wanted to share a little bit about him since he is no longer here to do it himself. All authors and historians have a bias, it can't be escaped. But his research was solid.
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
If you're looking for information on the Kid.... This ain't it.
By Arch Stanton
From having him grow up a Manhattan gangster to including false photos the author shows an astonishing lack of historical research, especially for a man who has supposedly "spent more than thirty-five years studying the life and times of Billy the Kid." Included is just about every myth ever made up about the Kid with a few new ones thrown in. His sources? Most of these stories don't list any which is funny considering how many professionals have written biographies on him without reporting these. The sources he does list seem pretty disreputable too. He blatantly dismisses the accounts of the people who knew him. There is one page where he lists five accounts of Billy as a boy told by people who knew him and dismisses them all as biased. Not one subject agrees with him except, apparently, the ones who were never interviewed and can't refute him.
His evidence that Billy stayed in New York City until he was fourteen and even committed a crime there is based entirely on the ill-kept census records of the time. There were thousands of McCarty's throughout the country and proving one of them to be the Kid is by now impossible. (Astonishingly enough he uses that same argument to prove that it couldn't possibly be the right McCarty family listed in Indianapolis as is the accepted history) He even has to change his and his mother's name to make it better fit his theory having her die before the record has her show up in Silver City.
Based upon this flimsy evidence he makes up a complete back-story. He even has him travel all the way back to New York from New Mexico simply so that he can tie him in with a murder there before rushing back to New Mexico again. Again it requires major stretching of the dates and a name change to attribute this to the Kid. If Billy had ever gone by the name of Michael, been 3-4 years older, worked as a tinsmith at any point, and never left New York City then this might seem a more plausible theory. All the newspaper article says is that Michael McCarty aged 20 killed a friend with a knife. No further proof that it is the same person as Billy is listed nor even exists. As he himself states, McCarty is not exactly an uncommon name.
This whole book, while fascinating, seems more a work of fiction than of fact. I'd recommend it as that if it weren't so boring and confusingly written. No doubt to hide the lack of any real substance. A real shame.
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