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Cattle Kate

Jana Bommersbach

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English
Poisoned Pen Press
07 October 2014
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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Imprint:   Poisoned Pen Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 23mm
Weight:   363g
ISBN:   9781464203046
ISBN 10:   1464203040
Pages:   368
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 14 to 10 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Jana Bommersbach is one of Arizona's most respected and acclaimed journalists. She has earned numerous national, state and regional awards, including the prestigious Don Bolles Award for investigative reporting for the newspaper series on Winnie Ruth Judd that led to the eponymous book. She lives in Phoenix.

Reviews for Cattle Kate

I grew up in Wyoming hearing one story about the lynching of Cattle Kate, but thanks to this revealing and meticulously documented historical novel, I now know the real story. And what a story it is! CATTLE KATE provides a fascinating and disturbing look at a very dark chapter in the annals of the American West. It literally re-writes history. And a few of the names of the true villains will be painfully familiar to Wyomingites. --CJ Box, Wyoming native and New York Times best-selling author of STONE COLD and SHOTS F


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