Title:
Wildcat : the untold story of Pearl Hart, the Wild West's most notorious woman bandit / John Boessenecker.
ISBN:
9781335471390
9781335424891
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Publication Information:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2021]
©2021
Physical Description:
329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- The grass widow's daughter -- Runaways -- The notorious Davy girls -- Becoming Pearl Hart -- Go west, young woman, go west -- Stagecoach robber -- A frontier manhunt -- Jailbreak -- The Arizona female bandit -- The Yuma hellhole -- A new stage -- The final curtain -- Epilogue: Falsehoods and folklore.
Summary:
On May 30, 1899, history was made when Pearl Hart, disguised as a man, held up a stagecoach in Arizona and robbed the passengers at gunpoint. A manhunt ensued as word of the heist by "The Bandit Queen" spread. Pearl Hart went on to become a media sensation and the most notorious female outlaw on the Western frontier. Boessenecker explores her early life as Lillie Naomi Davy, and her fate after her later release from prison. Hart's life of crime-- and her legacy as a female trailblazer-- provide a lens into the lives of women who made their mark on the American West. -- adapted from jacket and perusal of book
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OCLC Number:
on1280518419
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