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Bandit Queen

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Bandit Queen

Overnight, she became a media sensation. Pearl Hart, “the Bandit Queen.” The first woman sentenced to the infamous Yuma Penitentiary. To the newspapers, she was nothing more than a sassy firebrand who held up a stagecoach in daring fashion. They didn’t understand the desperation that led her to hit the outlaw trail. They didn’t see the bruises behind her tough façade. They didn’t know she’d do anything to escape….

Jane Candia Coleman is a six-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, three-time winner of the Western Heritage Award, two-time winner of the Spur Award, a Willa Award winner, and a Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award finalist. Bandit Queen is based on the memoirs of real-life outlaw Pearl Hart.

Reviewer: Vee

Review: Oct 13, 2009

Night Owl Book Review for Bandit Queen

Genre(s): Mainstream / General

The Bandit Queen is based on facts surrounding Pearl Hart. Pearl was the first woman to spend time in the Yuma Territorial Prison in Arizona. This story chronicles (with broad artistic license) the events leading up to Pearl's infamous stagecoach robbery. What we know is that Pearl was from a well-to-do family. She met and married Frank Hart, a gambling man who beat her. She became a singer and escaped Fran

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