Pistol Packin' Madams

True Stories of Notorious Women of the Old West, First Edition

Chris Enss

Between 1840 and 1870, hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic dreamers embarked on a 2,000-mile journey into the wide-open frontier of the United States in search of free land, gold, adventure, and a better life. Although only a few women were numbered among the very first pioneers, those who did take the risk changed the face of the United States forever. The western woman left the restrictions and conventions of her way of life behind and carried the struggle of emancipation into areas sacred to the male. She competed in business and politics, bronco busting, smoking, drinking, gambling, and gun-toting. This book celebrates the stories of the nonconforming, gun-toting pioneers who settled the West.

Globe Pequot / TwoDot

Pages: 112 •

978-0-7627-3775-8 • Paperback • July 2006 • $14.95 • (£11.99)

978-0-7627-5175-4 • eBook • July 2006 • $9.99 • (£7.99)

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Historical, Antiques & Collectibles / Americana, Biography & Autobiography / Women

Pistol Packin' Madams

True Stories of Notorious Women of the Old West, First Edition

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Summary

Between 1840 and 1870, hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic dreamers embarked on a 2,000-mile journey into the wide-open frontier of the United States in search of free land, gold, adventure, and a better life. Although only a few women were numbered among the very first pioneers, those who did take the risk changed the face of the United States forever. The western woman left the restrictions and conventions of her way of life behind and carried the struggle of emancipation into areas sacred to the male. She competed in business and politics, bronco busting, smoking, drinking, gambling, and gun-toting. This book celebrates the stories of the nonconforming, gun-toting pioneers who settled the West.

Details

Globe Pequot / TwoDot

Pages: 112 •

978-0-7627-3775-8 • Paperback • July 2006 • $14.95 • (£11.99)

978-0-7627-5175-4 • eBook • July 2006 • $9.99 • (£7.99)

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Historical, Antiques & Collectibles / Americana, Biography & Autobiography / Women

Author

Chris Enss is an award-winning screenwriter who has written for television, short subject films, live performances, and for the movies, and is the co-author (with JoAnn Chartier) of Love Untamed: True Romances Stories of the Old West, Gilded Girls: Women Entertainers of the Old West, and She Wore A Yellow Ribbon: Women Patriots and Soldiers of the Old West and The Cowboy and the Senorita and Happy Trails (with Howard Kazanjian) Her research and writing reveals the funny, touching, exciting, and tragic stories of historical and contemporary times.

Table of Contents

(1) Jennie Rogers: Queen of the Denver Row (2) Eleanora Dumont: Gold Country Angel of Sin (3) Madam Harriet: A Curious Criminal Case (4) Jessie Hayman: The San Francisco Favorite (5) Jessie Reeves and Cad Thompson: Scarlet Ladies in Texas and Nevada (6) Josie Washburn: Nebraska's Reluctant Madam (7) Kate Horony: The Hungarian Madam (8) Mattie Silks: Denver's Red Light Queen (9) Florence Mabel Dedrick: Our Sister of the Street (10) Tessie Wall: Barbary Coast Madam (11) Libby Thompson: Dodge City's Squirrel Tooth Alice (12) Rose Ellis: Last of the Old West Madams

Reviews

“Hard workin', hard livin', and hard lovin', these pistol-packin' madams were the brave and colorful business women of the old west. What an inspiration . . . .”
—Kim Dickens, Deadwood's Joanie Stubbs

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Pistol Packin' Madams

True Stories of Notorious Women of the Old West, First Edition

Chris Enss

Pistol Packin' Madams

True Stories of Notorious Women of the Old West, First Edition

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