Bedside Book of Bad Girls
Outlaw Women of the American West
by Michael Rutter
published by Farcountry Press
- Meet Kate Bender, who brutally murdered as many as thirty people in Kansas, including children, and buried them in her family's 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 life, and 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.
160 pages, 6'' x 9'', 40 b/w photos, 3 illustrations, index, 34 softcovers per case
softcover
ISBN 10: 1560374624
ISBN 13: 9781560374626
$14.95
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| "I really liked the book. I felt it was well written with both the sad times, hard times along with humor to some of these women. Life had to be very hard plus I can't imagine wearing those long dresses. I have downloaded another one of Michael Rutter's books. Wish me luck. If the second is as entertaining as the first I know I will enjoy it."
-Gayle Gotshall, amazon.com review "Author and historian Michael Rutter presents Bedside Book of Bad Girls, an anthology of brief profiles of outlaw women of the Old West. From Kate Bender, part of a serial killing "family" that robbed and murdered approximately thirty people in Kansas (including children), to Laura Bullion, who took part in a Wild Bunch train robbery, to Madam Vestal, a former Confederate spy who was the mastermind behind the Deadwood stagecoach robberies, Bedside Book of Bad Girls is packed with often shocking true tales of female criminals. Forty-two black-and-white photographs and historical images illustrate this fascinating and readily accessible compendium of utterly ruthless women."
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Michael Rutter has co-authored nearly 40 books and 600 articles for magazines and newspapers. He was awarded the Ben Franklin Award for Outdoor Writing and the Rocky Mountain Book Publishers Association Award. Michael teaches advanced writing at Brigham Young University. He is also a Christa McAuliffe Fellow. |