Brushy Bill

Brushy Bill
Author: Roy L. Haws
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2015-03-17
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1632930552

For many years, a man known as Brushy Bill Roberts proclaimed to all who would listen that he was the historical and legendary Billy the Kid, alive and well. And there were various books written that claimed this to be true. As a result, many became convinced of the validity of Brushy’s claim and Brushy's elaborate fable has continued to capture the imagination. In this book, the author has attempted to dispel the elaborate hoax once and for all. Brushy Bill Roberts was not Billy the Kid. He was, in fact, just an interesting elderly man, known by his family and acquaintances as a colorful Old West storyteller.

Alias Billy the Kid

Alias Billy the Kid
Author: C. L. Sonnichsen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2015-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780692534045

In 1948 a childhood friend of Billy the Kid claimed he was still living and led investigators to a man in Texas known as William H. "Brushy Bill" Roberts. Over the course of several months Mr. Roberts provided proof that he was the Kid including 5 sworn affidavits from close acquaintances of the Kid confirming he was the same man.

Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid
Author: Daniel a Edwards
Publisher:
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2014-10-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780692437254

In 1882 a notorious outlaw and a childhood friend of Billy the Kid was released from prison where he had been serving time for killing a Texas Ranger. His freedom finally secured, the outlaw disappeared and was never heard from again. Never, that is, until 1948 when he came out of hiding after almost 70 years. In the course of proving his identity to a court of law the outlaw revealed that his friend Billy the Kid was not killed by Pat Garrett but was still alive even to that day. After a period of research and persistence the young lawyer was finally led to a destitute old man in Texas who was named not William H. Bonney but William H. Roberts, although Bonney had been an alias that he had used. Roberts agreed to reveal himself as Billy the Kid if the lawyer would help him obtain a pardon so he could die a free man. You see, the Kid was still wanted for murder so to come forward was to risk being sentenced and put to death, but this was a risk that William H. Roberts was willing to take. He told his story only one time, to one man. This is his story, now presented for the first time with new photographic evidence and research that supports his claim that he was the one true Billy the Kid of legend.

Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid
Author: W.C. Jameson
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2008-08-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1589794036

Did Pat Garrett kill the wrong man in 1881 in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, or did the outlaw known as Billy the Kid live on as William Henry Roberts until 1948? W.C. Jameson analyzes the evidence, including use of new technology to produce a compelling case for Billy's survival. Heralded by Booklist as an enjoyable reexamination of a legendary piece of Americana, this book traces the life of the famous desperado and the controversy that still is debated today. Now in paperback!

Brushy Bill

Brushy Bill
Author: Roy L. Haws
Publisher:
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2015
Genre: Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN: 9780692226933

Billy the Kid's Pretenders

Billy the Kid's Pretenders
Author: Gale Cooper
Publisher:
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2018-08-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9780998865577

Gale Cooper's Billy the Kid's Pretenders, Brushy Bill and John Miller, in hardcover and paperback, 348 pages, debunks old-timer Billy the Kid imposters, "Brushy Bill" Roberts and John Miller, by comparing their tall tales to actual history, and links their hoaxes to the later "Billy the Kid Case" forensic hoax.