Wicked Women of New Mexico

Wicked Women of New Mexico

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Publication Date: 4th March 2014

New Mexico Territory attracted outlaws and desperados as its remote locations guaranteed non-detection while providing opportunists the perfect setting in which to seize wealth. Many wicked women on the run from their pasts headed there seeking new starts before and after 1912 statehood. Colorful characters such as Bronco Sue, Sadie Orchard and Lizzie McGrath were noted mavens of mayhem, while many other women were notorious gamblers, bawdy madams or confidence tricksters. Some paid the ultimate price for crimes of passion, while others avoided punishment by slyly using their beguiling allure ... Read More
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New Mexico Territory attracted outlaws and desperados as its remote locations guaranteed non-detection while providing opportunists the perfect setting in which to seize wealth. Many wicked women on the run from their pasts headed there seeking new starts before and after 1912 statehood. Colorful characters such as Bronco Sue, Sadie Orchard and Lizzie McGrath were noted mavens of mayhem, while many other women were notorious gamblers, bawdy madams or confidence tricksters. Some paid the ultimate price for crimes of passion, while others avoided punishment by slyly using their beguiling allure ... Read More
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New Mexico Territory attracted outlaws and desperados as its remote locations guaranteed non-detection while providing opportunists the perfect setting in which to seize wealth. Many wicked women on the run from their pasts headed there seeking new starts before and after 1912 statehood. Colorful characters such as Bronco Sue, Sadie Orchard and Lizzie McGrath were noted mavens of mayhem, while many other women were notorious gamblers, bawdy madams or confidence tricksters. Some paid the ultimate price for crimes of passion, while others avoided punishment by slyly using their beguiling allure to influence authorities. Follow the raucous tales of these wild women in a collection that proves crime in early New Mexico wasn't only a boys' game.
Details
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: The History Press
  • Series: Wicked
  • Publication Date: 4th March 2014
  • State: New Mexico
  • Illustration Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9781626191280
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
    SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
New Mexico Territory attracted outlaws and desperados as its remote locations guaranteed non-detection while providing opportunists the perfect setting in which to seize wealth. Many wicked women on the run from their pasts headed there seeking new starts before and after 1912 statehood. Colorful characters such as Bronco Sue, Sadie Orchard and Lizzie McGrath were noted mavens of mayhem, while many other women were notorious gamblers, bawdy madams or confidence tricksters. Some paid the ultimate price for crimes of passion, while others avoided punishment by slyly using their beguiling allure to influence authorities. Follow the raucous tales of these wild women in a collection that proves crime in early New Mexico wasn't only a boys' game.
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: The History Press
  • Series: Wicked
  • Publication Date: 4th March 2014
  • State: New Mexico
  • Illustrations Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9781626191280
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
    SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)