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On May 30, 1899, history was made when Pearl Hart, disguised as a man, held up a stagecoach in Arizona and robbed the passengers at gunpoint. A manhunt ensued as word of the heist by "The Bandit Queen" spread. Pearl Hart went on to become a media sensation and the most notorious female outlaw on the Western frontier. Boessenecker explores her early life as Lillie Naomi Davy, and her fate after her later release from prison. Hart's life of crime--...
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In 1843, James Strang, a charismatic young lawyer and avowed atheist, converted to a burgeoning religious movement known as Mormonism, persuaded hundreds to follow him to Lake Michigan, and declared himself a divine king. This book presents an account of one of the country's boldest con men and the boisterous era that allowed him to thrive.
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