Shoot Like a Girl (eBook)

A Prequel Novella to Girl with a Gun

Kari Bovee (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
80 Seiten
She Writes Press (Verlag)
978-1-63152-585-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Annie Oakley is farmed out to the McCrimmons, a couple she calls “the wolves,” to help her poverty-stricken family. Suffering from abuse and neglect, Annie settles into a life of despair. But when Mr. McCrimmon threatens the life of his horse Buck, Annie’s only friend, she finds strength to save the horse and herself—no matter the cost.

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1883 - Darke County, OhioShoot Like a Girl depicts the historically fictive tale of a young Annie Oakley's struggles before she becomes the most famous sharpshooting woman of all time. After the death of her father, Annie is sent to the Darke County poorhouse where she learns to cook, sew, and keep house for other families to help her mother make ends meet. Annie ends up at the McCrimmons, a couple whom she comes to refer to as "e;the wolves."e; Cruel and neglectful, the McCrimmons push Annie to the brink of despair. The only bright spot in her dreary existence is Buck, a beautiful buckskinned horse, and the two form a bond. Despite her resolve to help her family, Annie loses hope of ever seeing them again, as life at the McCrimmons' becomes more oppressive, and she is cut off from all outside communication. Physically and emotionally weak from illness, hunger, and abuse, Annie resigns herself to a life of servitude to the abusive couple. But, when Mr. McCrimmon's continued cruelty to Buck finally threatens the horse's life, Annie takes matters into her own hands and formulates a plan for escape.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.9.2018
• Verlagsort: Berkeley
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Schlagworte: 19th century • Annie Oakley • Coming of Age • Horses • strong female protagonist • western fiction • Young heroine
• ISBN-10: 1-63152-585-9 / 1631525859
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63152-585-8 / 9781631525858