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02888aam a2200301 i 4500 001 27EBACD8D2F311EAA8F09B4C97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200731010020 007 n 008 190816s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2019033550 020 $a 1591813034 020 $a 9781591813033 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Meech, Peter C.,. 245 1 $a Billy (the Kid) / $c Peter Meech. 264 1 $a Boulder, CO : $b Sentient Publications, LLC, $c 2020. 300 $a 1 online resource. 520 $a "Pueblo, Colorado, 1932. Billy, a retired dentist, is a local celebrity owing to his rumored past as Billy the Kid. Billy lives in a corrupt town where Stokes, the owner of a speakeasy, has the sheriff in his pocket and can kill a man with impunity. Billy spends his spare time writing a book about his purported past as Billy the Kid, but whether the stories are true or not remains a mystery. Billy tries to romance Grace, the town's beautiful widow, but she spurns his every advance, not wanting to associate with a man who lives in a fantasy world. There is one person in town who believes in Billy's storied past - Tommy, a young boy who worships the gunslingers of old. Billy's life takes a sudden twist when an old friend opens up a speakeasy that threatens Stokes's own speakeasy business. When Billy is out of town, Stokes kills Billy's friend. As distraught as he is by the news, Billy won't pick up a gun to take revenge on Stokes. He tells Tommy he is no longer a gunslinger and has renounced violence. Then Billy learns another piece of distressing news: Stokes plans to kill Tommy's dad, who was working for Billy's friend in the rival speakeasy. Grace, who has developed feelings for Billy, pleads with him not to fight Stokes. Billy is waiting when Stokes and his henchmen come looking for Tommy's dad in the trailer park where he lives. With a lucky shot, Billy shoots the gun out of Stokes's hand. During the melee that follows, Stokes and his chief henchman shoot each other by accident, but not before Billy himself is shot. Billy survives his injury. Tommy and his dad leave town to begin a new life. And Grace and Billy ride off, literally, into the sunset -- but not before Billy does something extraordinary that reveals his true identity. With witty dialog, charming small-town characters, and adept twists, Meech creates an engaging alternative story of the life of a famous Old West outlaw"-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20200407. 600 $a Billy, $c the Kid $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Western stories. 650 7 $a Alternative histories (Fiction.) 651 $a Pueblo (Colo.) $v Fiction. 710 $a Meech, Peter C.., $d Boulder, CO : Sentient Publications, LLC, 2020. 941 $a 1 952 $l KQPC446 $d 20200731010738.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=27EBACD8D2F311EAA8F09B4C97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search