Authors Kurt House and Roy B. Young will speak at this week’s Roswell Rotary Club meeting about their new book, Chasing Billy the Kid: Frank Stewart and the Untold Story of William H. Bonney.
The book gives a full discussion of the posse led by Frank Stewart and Pat Garrett which was successful in the capture.
During their presentation Thursday, House and Young will relate how the book came to be written and some of the information it reveals on Billy the Kid and the previously untold involvement of Frank Stewart.
House, from San Antonio, Texas, was raised on a ranch in Three Rivers, Texas, learning the history of the West from his father and grandfather.
He is an internationally known authority on the cowboy equipment and firearms of the West. House is the author of numerous books on these topics and more than 200 articles on the Wild West.
In 2020, he was honored with the “Six-Shooter Award for Lifetime Contributions to Wild West History.” He is a life member of several historical and collecting organizations and currently is a director of the Wild West History Association (WWHA).
Young, from Apache, Okla., is first vice president and publications editor of WWHA.
He is the author of numerous books on Wild West topics, including the award-winning A Wyatt Earp Anthology: Long May His Story Be Told.
In 2013, he was honored with the “Six-Shooter Award for Lifetime Contributions to Wild West history.”
Young is widely sought as a speaker and this month will make his 20th annual presentation on topics related to Wyatt Earp, the “Gunfight at the OK Corral,” and related topics at the Tombstone Territory Roundup in Tombstone, Ariz.
