Henry Mccaarty Early Childhood

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The town was busy as usual on November 23, 1859; a young boy had been born. ("Billy the Kid Born"). Sandy blonde hair and a slim physique, His mother named him William, William Henry McCarty Jr. (Biography.com Editors). William grew up in New York City in the company of his mother and brother. The town in which they lived was filled with fancy little shops and different restaurants. The intriguing smells of pastries, rolls, stew and more was enough to lure people from all around. These people-filled busy shops were a mischievous kid’s dream. One could take what he pleased amid the hustle of the crowd, and no one else would be the wiser. For many reasons these shops often enticed the McCarty boys. William’s brother had been born with his father’s instincts, a crime-oriented mindset. Even though William always dreamt of being a sheriff, his older brother’s influence would trump this goal. Their mother was often fighting the boys to be good and keep out of trouble. That was so, until Mrs. McCarty died of tuberculosis when William was only fifteen ("American Experience”). William was sent to live with his uncle, and his brother taken into the custody of the state.
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The lifestyle that had been implanted in my head was being lived to its fullest. After a year of robbing banks, running from sheriffs and more, I had found myself quite a reputation. Wanted posters plastered not only my town, but all over multiple towns surrounding New York City. “Billy the Kid” was the name I became known by because “The Kid” became a legend in the papers ("Billy the Kid's" Real Name Was Not William H. Bonney."). It was interesting to read the stories written about me and how embellished most of them were. I’d never actually killed a man yet but I was portrayed a murder. The lifestyle I had been brought into started to grow old. I was considered a legend but I didn’t like the

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