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George R. Matthews

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Readers may contact me at georon3@gmail.com to receive a digital copy of Billy the Kid: The Life Behind the Legend. The book was released by McFarland and Company on March 7, 2025. The book description reads, in part, "George R. Matthews’ Billy the Kid: The LiMoreReaders may contact me at georon3@gmail.com to receive a digital copy of Billy the Kid: The Life Behind the Legend. The book was released by McFarland and Company on March 7, 2025. The book description reads, in part, "George R. Matthews’ Billy the Kid: The Life Behind the Legend gives us, for the first time, the whole person. It brings together a huge amount of material, much of it made available to researchers only in recent years. The result is nothing less than an original, authoritative, and provocative portrait of Billy the Kid, as both outlaw and frontier fighter against the infamously corrupt Santa Fe Ring."
I have posted the book's cover as my photo.

My three previous books:
1. When the Cubs Won It All: The 1908 Championship Season.
An Amazon customer posted the following review: "If you like the early days of Baseball, this book recounts the story of the Chicago Cubs of 1908. They were a powerhouse team by any standard. When BASEBALL was king and Chicago ruled. A must read."

2. America's First Olympics: The St. Louis Games of 1904
An Amazon customer posted the following review: "A very interesting and well-researched book. Using newspapers and other 1904-era accounts, you read about the individual events. It's like reliving the games as you read the daily summaries. George also discusses the various 'selective' history of these early Olympics (which largely rely on IOC director DeCoubertin). Were the Olympics as big or professional as the post-1920 games? Certainly not... But they all had various issues, from under-publicizing to over doing it. A must-read for early Olympic enthusiasts, or fans of the 1904 World's Fair.

3. Zebulon Pike: Thomas Jefferson's Agent for Empire. This tells the story of Pike's spy mission to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1806, when the United States anticipated an invasion of Spanish New Mexico in a dispute over the boundary of the Louisiana Purchase. An Amazon customer posted the following review: "Highly recommended to those curious about Pikes Peak, Lewis & Clark, Louisiana Purchase, western expansion, American attempts of sincere relations with indigenous people and espionage!"

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