As the widely-held story goes, Sheriff Pat Garrett shot Billy the Kid on July 14, 1881, finally ending the gunslingin' outlaw’s reign of terror.
publishing history
January 28, 2021
Reserve a space now for a virtual Book Talk: Pirating and Publishing: The Book Trade in the Age of Enlightenment: Robert Darnton in conversation with John Buchtel.
February 8, 2019
June 5, 2018
Readers of our summer issue were treated to a history of the Little Blue Books, written by Steven Cox, the curator of special
October 4, 2017
On August 10, 1928, H. K. Beazley wrote a check to author D. H. Lawrence for a total of £5.2.0 (five pounds and two shillings).
September 19, 2016
When offered Sylvia Plath's first collection of poems, The Colossus, New Directions founder James Laughlin turned it down.
