The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left Handed Poems
- ISBN-10
- 0887845096
- ISBN-13
- 9780887845093
- Series
- The Collected Works of Billy the Kid
- Category
- Outlaws
- Pages
- 105
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1970
- Publisher
- Anansi
- Author
- Michael Ondaatje
Description
But Michael Ondaatje, in this extraordinary new book--part novel, part poetry, has recreated a William Bonney who is both more objective and far more raw and disturbing than the hero of popular folklore.
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