Friday, Jan 13, 2012 - 7:00 AM
Peeling back the layers of myths surrounding Henry McCarty, alias Billy the Kid, this is a story of a child born to impoverished Irish immigrants, who leads a hardscrabble, itinerant life, coming of age in a lawless corner of New Mexico. An Irish immigrant ring controls all money-making endeavors, with the Mexican population frequently cheated out of property. McCarty is ensnared in a centuries-old Irish-English conflict on the plains of the Southwest. G
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