02065cam a2200349 i 4500 652040070 TxAuBib 20230214120000.0 150126s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014041479 9781493008018 pbk. 1493008013 pbk. (OCoLC)874099153 TxAuBib rda Enss, Chris, 1961- Wicked women : notorious, mischievous, and wayward ladies from the Old West / Chris Enss. Guilford, Connecticut : TwoDot, [2015] xiii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and index. 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. 20230214. Women outlaws West (U.S.) Biography. Women gamblers. Prostitutes West (U.S) Drama. Women West (U.S.) Biography. Crime & Mystery West (U.S) History. West (U.S) History 19th century. BTCLS