Full name: The Whip: a novel

Author: Karen Kondazian Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction, Award winners, Western, Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781601823021 1601823029

The Whip is inspired by the true story of a woman, Charlotte "Charley" Parkhurst (1812-1879) who lived most of her extraordinary life as a man in the old west. As a young woman in Rhode Island, she fell in love with a runaway slave and had his child. The destruction of her family drove her west to California, dressed as a man, to track the killer. Charley became a renowned stagecoach driver for Wells Fargo. She killed a famous outlaw, had a secret love affair, and lived with a housekeeper who, unaware of her true sex, fell in love with her. Charley was the first woman to vote in America (as a man). Her grave lies in Watsonville, California. Similar books: Whiskey When We're Dry by John Larison News of the World by Paulette Jiles The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig The Time It Never Rained by Elmer Kelton The Which Way Tree by Elizabeth Crook Hanta Yo by Ruth Beebe Hill Down the Long Hills by Louis L'Amour Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth The Heavenly Table by Donald Ray Pollock Hell at the Breech by Tom Franklin The Gates of the Alamo by Stephen Harrigan In the Distance by Hernan Diaz The Jump-Off Creek by Molly Gloss The High Divide by Lin Enger Perma Red by Debra Magpie Earling A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry Etta by Gerald Kolpan Inland by Tea Obreht The Wake of Forgiveness by Bruce Machart Sundance by David Fuller