{"product_id":"9781501133305","title":"The Kid: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e“A marvelous journey into both history and imagination...A perfectly compelling and fast-paced story” (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e) from Ron Hansen about an iconic American criminal of the old West: legendary outlaw, Billy the Kid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn Henry McCarty, Billy the Kid was a diminutive, charming, blond-haired young man who, growing up in New York, Kansas, and later New Mexico, demonstrated a precocious dexterity at firing six-shooters with either hand—a skill that both got him into and out of trouble and that turned him into an American legend of the old West. He was smart, well-spoken, attractive to both white and Mexican women, a good dancer, and a man with a nose for money, horses, and trouble. His spree of crimes and murders has been immortalized in dime westerns, novels, and movies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The Kid’s story has been told many times. But not like this” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). In his incredible novel, Ron Hansen showcases his masterful research and inimitable style as he breathes life into history, bringing readers back into Billy’s boyhood as a ranch hand just trying to wrest a fortune from an unforgiving landscape. We are with Billy in every gunfight and horse theft and get to know him in full before his grand death in a hail of bullets in 1881 at the age of twenty-one. Original, powerful, and swiftly told, \u003ci\u003eThe Kid\u003c\/i\u003e is “entertaining and lively...an excellent, transportive read” (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041409843440,"sku":"9781501133305","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781501133305_p0.jpg?v=1763707046","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781501133305","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}