Wicked Women of New Mexico
- ISBN-10
- 1625845839
- ISBN-13
- 9781625845832
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 195
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-04-18
- Publisher
- Arcadia Publishing
- Author
- Donna Blake Birchell
Description
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.
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