Drawing on contemporary accounts, period photographs, dime novels and his own fund of empathy and imagination, Michael Ondaatje traces Billy the Kid's passage across the blasted landscape of 1880s New Mexico and the collective unconscious of his country.
Original Publisher: [Ashland, Oregon]
, Blackstone Publishing
Language(s): English
ISBN:
9781433289477
,
1433289474
,
9781433289491
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1433289490
Details
DC Contributor
Rudnicki, Stefan
Abstract
Drawing on contemporary accounts, period photographs, dime novels and his own fund of empathy and imagination, Michael Ondaatje traces Billy the Kid's passage across the blasted landscape of 1880s New Mexico and the collective unconscious of his country.