{"product_id":"9780803276062","title":"Such Men as Billy the Kid: The Lincoln County War Reconsidered","description":"\"A lawyerly regard for truth, accuracy and the written record. . . . [It's] a tonic to the hysterical and sensational accounts of the past.\"-Chicago Tribune.  \"A lively, lucid, compelling account of complex and confusing events about which scholars are still puzzling.\"-Washington Times.  \"Dispassionate yet lively, this book sets Billy's career and the conflicts in Lincoln County in context. The engaging narrative will please and provoke scholar, well-versed buff, and newcomer alike.\"-Library Journal.  \"By focusing on the uniqueness of the Lincoln County War and the individuals involved in it, Jacobsen expands our knowledge of the events. . . . A thorough and well-documented description of one of the western frontier's best known instances of violence.\"-Western Historical Quarterly.  This story of greed, violence, and death has entered American folklore through the mythologizing of the career of Billy the Kid and also through a tendency to see the Lincoln County War as emblematic of frontier lawlessness. Jacobsen investigates the evidence-public sentiment, court records, and the actions of the participants-to come up with answers. Joel Jacobsen is an assistant attorney general for the State of New Mexico specializing in criminal appeals.  ","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030392455408,"sku":"9780803276062","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780803276062_p0.jpg?v=1763728267","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780803276062","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}