It's the anniversary of Billy the Kid's death. Here's a thread collecting some of my Billy the Kid-related threads:
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Westerns & the Old West @DavidLambertArt
27 Jun 2023
Some stray thoughts on Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), the "friendship" between the real Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, the nuances of "historical accuracy" in Westerns & one of the ways I think historians have overcorrected in their attempts to combat bad history...
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Jul 14, 2023 · 1:11 PM UTC

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Westerns & the Old West @DavidLambertArt
7 Jul 2024
Hey, here's a thread showing the various historical characters in Sam Peckinpah's Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid alongside their real-life counterparts. First up, of course, is Pat Garrett:
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