The life of crime of Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney) began at age 16. Born Henry McCarty in 1859 to Irish immigrants in New York City, his childhood was marked by hardship. After his mother died in 1875, he joined a rough crowd, was soon arrested, committed his first murder at 18, and was killed by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21. All told, the notorious outlaw was linked to nine murders and an untold number of robberies. Read Who Cares? about the struggle for dignity at “a lively place where old people go to die.” Learn more about the book and its characters, aged 9-90, in NOVELS.
A questionable folk hero of monumental mayhem
Woodruff Home for the Aged, a lively place where old people go to die
