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Autore: |
Enss Chris
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Titolo: |
Bedside Book of Bad Girls
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Pubblicazione: | Farcountry Incorporated |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (1 p.) |
Disciplina: | 364.1092/520977 |
Soggetto topico: | Women outlaws - Middle West |
Crime - Middle West - History - 19th century | |
Soggetto geografico: | Middle West History 19th century |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Bedside Book of Bad Girls ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-56037-168-4 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910157761603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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