This is a story that cries out through its adventurous surroundings - a call from deep in the human heart, a call for understanding, for love, for identity - and it does so through the skill of a magnificent writer."
- Jim Beaver, star of HBO's Deadwood
ABOUT THE NOVEL
The Whip is inspired by the true story of 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 woman to vote in America in 1868 (as a man). Her grave lies in Watsonville, California.
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