My Girlhood Among Outlaws
- ISBN-10
- 0816503540
- ISBN-13
- 9780816503544
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1972
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Authors
- Lily Klasner, John Simpson Chisum
Description
Born in Texas in 1862, Lily Klasner assumed leadership of her family at the age of 13, after her father was murdered. In this memoir, Lily recalls her experiences with Billy the Kid and other desperados--who often stopped over at the Klasner ranch in Pecos--and sets the record straight on a number of popular misrepresented events concerning them.
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