{"product_id":"daybreak-birdsong-always-wakes-him-the-lives-of-billy-the-kid-paperback","title":"Daybreak Birdsong Always Wakes Him: The Lives of Billy the Kid - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePamela Ryder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA haunting reimagining of Billy the Kid--myth, violence, and regret collide in a lyrical coming-of-age story woven with history, legend, and the omnipresence of birds.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaybreak Birdsong Always Wakes Him: The Lives of Billy the Kid\u003c\/i\u003e by Pamela Ryder is a coming-of-age saga like no other. It reaches beyond the myth of the reckless and romantic rebel, the murdering gunslinger, and the scrappy outlaw. His story is one of survival, mayhem, and regret. Billy is portrayed as a complex and authentic figure. At times he is ruthless, often sympathetic, always clever and engaging. Yet he remains haunted by loneliness as he rides ever closer to the end of his short and violent life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe child of Irish immigrants, Billy came of age amid hardship and lawlessness, forced to navigate a world that offered him little mercy. From his grim childhood in the tenements of New York to the unforgiving deserts of New Mexico, his journey is marked by loss, chaos, and fleeting moments of grace. He was a boy who became an outlaw, forever running from his past toward an inevitable fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold through shifting perspectives and enriched by Billy's keen observations of birds, landscapes, and the lives he has taken, the novel unfolds in lyrical, unflinching prose. His fascination with birds, whose freedom stands in stark contrast to his own doomed flight, threads through the narrative. A meditation on myth, mortality, and the stories we tell about ourselves, \u003ci\u003eDaybreak Birdsong Always Wakes Him\u003c\/i\u003e is a singular reimagining of the American West. It does not flinch from the blood or the beauty of a life lived on the edge of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePamela Ryder\u003c\/b\u003e is author of the short story collection, \u003ci\u003eA Tendency to Be Gone\u003c\/i\u003e and two novels-in-stories: \u003ci\u003eCorrection of Drift\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eParadise Field\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been published in many literary journals, among them \u003ci\u003eBellevue Literary Review, Quarterly, Prairie Schooner, Quarterly West, Unsaid, Propagule, Black Warrior Review, Tyrant, Jewish Fiction.net, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConjunctions.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 442\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43338737778777,"sku":"9781573662154","price":35.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/JputFA7Ce79781573662154.webp?v=1779426979","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/products\/daybreak-birdsong-always-wakes-him-the-lives-of-billy-the-kid-paperback","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}