

The English Patient (1992), set in Italy at the end of the Second World War, was joint winner of the Booker Prize for Fiction and was made into an Academy Award-winning film in 1996. His first novel, Coming Through Slaughter (1976), is a fictional portrait of jazz musician Buddy Bolden. His collections of poetry include The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left Handed Poems (1981), which won the Canadian Governor General's Award in 1971 The Cinnamon Peeler: Selected Poems (1989) and Handwriting: Poems (1998).

He published a volume of memoir, Running in the Family, in 1983. He was educated at the University of Toronto and Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and began teaching at York University in Toronto in 1971. He moved to England in 1954, and in 1962 moved to Canada where he has lived ever since. Pat Garrett encounters the Kid at Pete Maxwell's house.Michael Ondaatje was born in Sri Lanka on 12 September 1943. Yginio Salazar hides Billy the Kid until the Kid returns to Fort Sumner. At the House of Murphy, the kid shoots James Bell and Bob Olinger, then escapes.
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Pat Garrett captures Billy the Kid and puts him on trial for the murder of Sheriff Brady. Working for John Tunstall earns the Kid a reputation. The single known photo of Billy the Kid tells an interesting story. Billy the Kid and the Regulators are on the run. Lawrence Murphy declines into alcoholism James Dolan takes over The House. Billy the Kid takes command of the situation. The Regulators, including Yginio Salazar are surrounded by Colonel Dudley and The Boys as the McSween house is consumed by flames. The Regulators face the Murphy-Dolan faction in a fierce five-day gun fight on Main Street in Lincoln County. Five Day Battle in Lincoln: July, 1878 (04:18) Dick Brewer receives a bullet to the head. Gunfight at Blazer's Mill (03:05)īilly the Kid and several Regulators engage Buckshot Roberts in a drawn-out gun fight. Peppin arrests McSween and keeps him at Fort Stanton until Colonel Nathan M.

The Murphy-Dolan faction swears in George W. McSween and the regulators believe William Brady is the tool of the House of Murphy Billy the Kid and his companions kill him. The sheriff's posse gun down John Tunstall in 1878. Jesse Evans leads Murphy's group, The Boys. The Regulators (02:16)Īlexander McSween instructs Dick Brewer to hire a small band of ranch hands, including William Bonney. John Tunstall opens a general store across from Jimmy Dolan's house inciting volatile competition. The House of Murphy has total control of the economy in Lincoln County. John Chisum builds a cattle empire near the Pecos River. James Dolan and James Riley align themselves with The House of Murphy. Lawrence Murphy and Emil Fritz open the first trading store at Fort Stanton. Murphy and the Cattle King of New Mexico (03:19) Murphy Company, known as The House, becomes an enemy of the duo. John Tunstall meets a lawyer, Alexander McSween in Santa Fe. Tunstall, a young Englishman, comes to Lincoln County, New Mexico to build an empire. Viewers listen to a Native American narrative while viewing majestic pictures of the American landscape.
