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Bedside Book of Bad Girls: Outlaw Women of the American West (Bedside Reader)
by Michael Rutter
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Like New
- ISBN 10
- 1560374624
- ISBN 13
- 9781560374626
- Seller
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New Castle, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Farcountry Press, 2008. Softcover. Like New. 5x0x8. Meet Kate Bender, who brutally murdered as many as thirty people in Kansas, including children, and buried them in her familyâs orchard; Laura Bullion, the only woman to participate in a Wild Bunch train robbery; and Madam Vestal, a one-time Confederate spy who organized the famous Deadwood stagecoach robberies. Witness the execution of Elizabeth Potts and Ellen Watson, the first women hanged in Nevada and Wyoming.Drawing on fact and folklore, author and historian Michael Rutter brings 21 gun-slinging "bad girls to" lifeâand explores their motives, hopes, and dreams. He dispels many of the myths about these female outlaws, for sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.Featuring forty-two historical images, Bedside Book of Bad Girls sheds light on figures and events often shrouded in fabrication and fantasy. Meet these fascinating characters, complete with their pistols and petticoats, their knives and knaves, their vices and victims.· Features 42 evocative historical photographs· Covers serial killers, bank robbers, gold thieves, and more
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2020022839
- Title
- Bedside Book of Bad Girls: Outlaw Women of the American West (Bedside Reader)
- Author
- Michael Rutter
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1560374624
- ISBN 13
- 9781560374626
- Publisher
- Farcountry Press
- Place of Publication
- Helena, Montana, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 5x0x8
- X weight
- 8 oz
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