Publisher's Synopsis
Blandina Segale, the Nun Who Rode on Billy the Kid: Sleuthing a Foisted Frontier Fable (Paperback, 546 pages) is a non-fiction expos� of published and publicized claims that 19th century nun, Blandina Segale, befriended the famous outlaw, Billy Bonney, known as Billy the Kid. But no such relationship existed; though Sister Blandina may have known a Colorado highwayman named Arthur Pond aka Billy LeRoy. So did this dedicated missionary woman, now being considered for sainthood, willfully perpetrate the first and strangest Billy the Kid identity hoax? And if she did not, who perpetrated the hoax in her name?To answer these questions, this book's research and analysis takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the evolution of Blandina's Old West journal for publication, and into the life history of little-known Billy LeRoy - all against the backdrop of the burgeoning mythology of the real Billy the Kid, and the temptation to ride on his famous coattails.Author, Gale Cooper, a Harvard Medical School educated M.D. psychiatrist specializing in murder case consultation, and a revisionist historian of Billy the Kid, has exposed and debunked other historical hoaxes hijacking Billy the Kid's identity.
