Like many good stories of the old West, this one begins in a saloon.
So begins The Gospel According to Billy the Kid , a tale of the old New Mexico territory, corrupt lawmen, honest ranchers, murder, betrayal, and the explosive even.
In 1914 in El Paso, Texas, two strangers strike up a conversation at the bar--Bill Roberts, a real-life figure who died in Hico, Texas, in 1950, and a former US Army scout whose brother knew Roberts by another name: Billy the Kid.
Like many good stories of the old West, this one begins in a saloon