TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kondazian,Karen
TI  - The whip: a novel 
SN  - 9781601823021
PY  - 2012///
CY  - East Brunswick, NJ
PB  - Hansen Pub. Group
KW  - Parkhurst, Charley,
KW  - Women pioneers
KW  - California
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Pioneers
KW  - Coach drivers
KW  - Mistaken identity
KW  - History
KW  - 1850-1950
KW  - Biographical fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Historical fiction
N1  - "Inspired by a true story."; Includes bibliographical references (page 290)
N2  - 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 known woman to vote in America in 1868 (as a man). Her grave lies in Watsonville, California
ER  -