Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Pulp -- Wide Awake Library -- May 7, 2025

coverbrowser.com

Before the pulps, there were the dime novels, which sometimes cost a nickel. This issue of the Wide Awake Library featured the first full account of the life of bandit William Bonney, who was called Billy the Kid. The Kid died, shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett, on 14-July-1881. The True Life of Billy the Kid, written by John Woodruff Lewis, was published six weeks later.

Boston Post, 19-July-1881

No comments: