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"This is the life of Billy the Kid. It focuses on how his outlaw career started, how he grew up a little during the Lincoln County War, and on outside forces that shaped him. He wanted to go straight, but broken promises and other things eventually prevented him."
Ann, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
job/profession:
- criminal (killer)
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Period of greatest activity?
- 1800's
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 9 (quite a lot)
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- climbing on trails
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- ranch
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting
- prison
- fort/military installation
Century:
- 19th century
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Book makes you feel?
- thoughtful
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- war
- justice system
- dying
Writer's slant towards subject:
- neutral
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more descript than dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 76%-100% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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