The Life of Billy the Kid Not many figures in history are known as both heroes and outlaws, and still, even fewer go into legend. However, Billy the kid stuck both hatred and love in the hearts of America during his life and death. He was immortalized by the public, but feared by the law. Though his life was made up of a wonderer and a drifter, facts were put together to have the American …showed first 75 words of 2790 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2790 total…come along to rectify the lies told from the past. True lovers of history have been uncovering the truths of his life and the mysteries. So in death, he was able to receive the peace, respect and acceptance that in life he never achieved. Really, something that is most important of all is that historians have uncovered that Billy was more than a legend who lived and died by the gun, he was a man.