Jana Bommersbach

Cattle Kate

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Produktbeschreibung

"A fascinating and disturbing look at a very dark chapter in the annals of the American West."--C.J. BOX, New York Times bestselling author Cattle Kate is the only woman ever lynched as a cattle rustler. History called it "range land justice" when she was strung up in Wyoming Territory on July 20, 1889, tarring her as a dirty thief and a filthy whore. But history was wrong. It was all a lie. Her real name was Ella Watson. She wasn't a rustler. She wasn't a whore. And she'd never been called Cattle Kate until she was dead and they needed an excuse. She was really a 29-year-old immigrant homesteader, lynched with her husband by her rich and powerful cattle-baron neighbors who wanted her land and its precious water rights. Some people knew the truth from the start. Their voices were drowned out by the all-powerful Wyoming Stock Growers Association. And those who dared speak out--including the eyewitnesses to the hangings--either disappeared or mysteriously died. There was no one left to testify against the vigilantes when the case eventually came to trial. Her six killers walked away scot-free. But the legend was stronger than the truth. For over a century, newspapers, magazines, books--movies, too--spread her ugly legacy. Now, on the 125th anniversary of her murder, the real Ella comes alive in Cattle Kate to tell her heartbreaking story. Jana Bommersbach's debut novel bares a legend central to the western experience.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sourcebooks
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Altersempfehlung: 10 bis 14 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 129mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9781464203046
• ISBN-10: 1464203040
• Artikelnr.: 40725343

Autorenporträt

Jana Bommersbach