01786oam 2200301z- 450 991015776160332120130326130244.01-56037-168-4(CKB)3710000001009880(VLeBooks)9781560371687(EXLCZ)99371000000100988020210505c2012uuuu -u- -engBedside Book of Bad GirlsFarcountry Incorporated1 online resource (1 p.)Take a step back in time with the Bedside Book of Bad Girls: Outlaw women of the Midwest.Join author Chris Enss as she digs up and reveals startling facts about some of the most fascinating renegade women of the Midwest. Meet Flora Mundis, the horse thief who disguised herself as a man; Victoria Woodhull, out-spoken activist for free love, con artist, and the first female candidate for president; Ma Barker, mother of the notorious Barker Gang; Opal Long and Patricia Cherrington, trusted sisters of the Dillinger Gang; and many more.Experience history as if you were actually there. Stand witness to the trial and hanging of Elizabeth Reed, and ride the rails with Fannie and Jennie Freeman, the mother-daughter team who bilked railroad companies out of more than $150,000. In eleven captivating profiles, Enss brings to life the stories of these fascinating pistol-packing, horse-thieving, poker-swindling outlaws.Women outlawsMiddle WestCase studiesCrimeMiddle WestHistory19th centuryMiddle WestHistory19th centuryWomen outlawsCrimeHistory364.1092/520977Enss Chris1745964BOOK9910157761603321Bedside Book of Bad Girls4177340UNINA