01752cam a2200337 4500 278100256 TxAuBib 20161111120000.0 110816s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011534644 9781601823021 trade pbk. $15.00 1601823029 trade pbk. $15.00 TxAuBib Kondazian, Karen. The whip : a novel / Karen Kondazian. East Brunswick, NJ : Hansen Pub. Group, 2012. 294 p. ; 22 cm. "Inspired by a true story.". Includes bibliographical references (p. 290). "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. As a young woman in Rhode Island, she fell in love and had a child. Her husband was lynched and her baby killed. The destruction of her family drove her west to California, dressed as a man, to track the murder. Charley became a renowned stagecoach driver. 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. 20161111. Parkhurst, Charley, d. 1879 Fiction. Women pioneers California Fiction. Pioneers California Fiction. Coach drivers California Fiction. Mistaken identity California Fiction. California History 1850-1950 Fiction. Biographical fiction. Western stories. TXGOR