Charles Neider

The 1950s classic that rewrote the myth of the American West and inspired its subsequent chroniclers from Sam Peckinpah to Marlon Brando to Cormac McCarthy. Hendry Jones isn't quite Billy the Kid, but he's 'the Kid' all the same, and like Billy's, his story doesn't take long to tell. He'll do a fair amount of killing, be done in by...