Steve Terrell has a review of Jay Miller’s Billy the Kid Rides Again. Steve begins:
Untold numbers of books have been written about New Mexico’s most famous outlaw, Billy the Kid. However, a new one, Billy the Kid Rides Again: Digging for the Truth, by longtime Santa Fe political columnist Jay Miller, is as much about Bill the Governor as Billy the Kid.
Barely six months into Gov. Bill Richardson’s administration, the governor called a news conference where he announced the state would get involved in a new investigation into the death of the outlaw — whom most serious historians believe was shot and killed in Fort Sumner in 1881.
A trio of law-enforcement officials — DeBaca County Sheriff Gary Grays, Lincoln County Sheriff Tom Sullivan and Capitan Mayor Steve Sederwall (a Lincoln County reserve officer) — had started the investigation.
“This is not a publicity stunt,” Richardson — with a straight face — told reporters at the announcement. “It’s an effort to get to the truth.”
The review continues and Steve has more background on his blog.