Billy the Kid Blood and Dust : Wild West True Crime

No other historical figure from the 'Old West' has stirred up more controversy and eluded historians and biographers more than William H. Bonney, alias Billy the Kid. This young man, in his short life, has established his place in history and legend. Who was Billy the Kid? How did he become a legend?
"I don’t blame you for writing of me as you have. You had to believe other stories, but then I don’t know if any one would believe anything good of me anyway.”
~ Billy the Kid’s comment to a Las Vegas Gazette reporter (December, 1880)