He discovers their profound differences, despite their shared fates, and illuminates the worlds in which they lived on opposite sides of the globe. Later, he attended nearby Purdue University, receiving a Bachelor of Science in history. During his childhood, his parents, Don Williams Utley and Valeria Haney, moved him to northwestern Indiana, where he attended high school. Utley recounts the exploits of these notorious young men with accuracy and appeal. Utley was born on Octoin Bauxite, Arkansas. Bush-raised Ned, the son of an Irish convict father and Irish mother, was a man whose outrage against British colonial authority inspired him to steal cattle and sheep, kill three policemen, and rob banks for the benefit of impoverished Irish sympathizers. Utley reveals the true stories and parallel courses of the two notorious contemporaries who lived by the gun, were executed while still in their twenties, and remain compelling figures in the folklore of their homelands.īilly was a fun-loving, expert sharpshooter who excelled at escape and lived on the run after indictment for his role in the Lincoln Country War. In this adventure-filled double biography, Robert M. Utley See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 4.79 - 5.09 Paperback 6.39 - 18. But the outlaws' reputations are so weighted with legend and myth that the truth of their lives has become obscure. Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life by Robert M. The oft-told exploits of Billy the Kid and Ned Kelly survive vividly in the public imaginations of their respective countries, the United States and Australia.

Billy the Kid by Robert M. Utley