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In Loren D. Estleman's Journey of the Dead, when Pat Garrett killed his poker buddy, Billy the Kid, he had no idea what a terrible emotional price he would pay. Haunted by memories of Billy, Garrett wanders the New Mexico desert in a fruitless pursuit of peace. Deep in the same desert, an ancient Spanish alchemist searches for the fabled philosopher's stone. Resolutely alone in his quest he devotes his long life to hunting the secrets of the old...

Pat Garrett, the sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, claimed responsibility for the death of the notorious outlaw, Billy the Kid. This charge would not be his first lie, nor would it be his last, but it would be, by far, the most prominent. In a departure from the overwhelming literature that takes lawman Pat Garrett's story, that he killed The Kid in a happenstance meeting in an isolated cabin, as historical truth, W.C. Jameson presents evidence...

"Sheriff Pat Garrett claimed that he killed Billy the Kid on July 14, 1881. John Poe, Garrett's deputy on the scene that night, and others, suggest that he killed the wrong man and covered it up. The controversy persists because of contradictions, irregularities and unanswered questions. A Question of Bounty follows Billy the Kid's outlaw adventures right to John Poe's version of his fateful encounter with Pat Garrett. The story concludes with the...

Chronicles Sheriff Pat Garrett's pursuit of Billy the Kid in the late nineteenth century, describing the lives of both men, their relationship, the historical legacy left behind by Billy the Kid, and Garrett's life after the death of the Kid.