Renowned historian of the American West, Frederick Nolan, author of The West of Billy the Kid and The Lincoln County War: A Documentary History, noted that with the publication of this new book Maddox has "written a whole new chapter in outlaw history." -- During the first week of May 1881 the Santa Fe New Mexican carried two reward notices from Governor Lew Wallace. One was for $500 for William Bonney, "alias The Kid" and directly below that was another reward notice for $2250 for Ike Stockton and his gang. Like Billy the Kid, Ike had a price of $500 on his head....