Wicked women, notorious, mischievous, and wayward ladies from the Old West, Chris Enss
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Subject
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- Women outlaws -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
- Crime -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- Women gamblers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws
- Prostitutes -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
- Women -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
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Wicked women, notorious, mischievous, and wayward ladies from the Old West, Chris Enss
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
collective biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Wicked women
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
874099153
Responsibility statement
Chris Enss
Sub title
notorious, mischievous, and wayward ladies from the Old West
Summary
"This collection of short, action-filled stories of the Old West's most egregiously badly behaved female outlaws, gamblers, soiled doves, and other wicked women by award-winning Western history author Chris Enss offers a glimpse into Western Women's experience that's less sunbonnets and more six-shooters. During the late nineteenth century, while men were settling the new frontier and rushing off to the latest boom towns, women of easy virtue found wicked lives west of the Mississippi when they followed fortune hunters seeking gold and land in an unsettled territory. Prostitutes and female gamblers hoped to capitalize on the vices of the intrepid pioneers. Pulling together stories of ladies caught in the acts of mayhem, distraction, murder, and highway robbery, it will include famous names like Belle Starr and Big Nose Kate, as well as lesser known characters"--, Provided by publisher
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