Miss Etta: A Novel
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She rode with the most famous outlaws of her time. Then she
vanished.
In the fall of 1895, Etta Place falls in love with Harry
Longabaugh, alias the Sundance Kid. She gives up everything to follow him and
his partner-in-crime, Butch Cassidy, in their outlaw life across the continent
and beyond. Breathtakingly beautiful and every inch a lady, Etta can also ride
and shoot as well as any man. As their fugitive life begins to crumble, she
finds herself alone and living in a convent with her newborn son. Knowing she
can’t hide away forever, she moves halfway across the country to begin anew.
Etta prays her past won’t catch up with her.
In 1911 Emily Pleasants steps onto the train station platform
of Pine Creek, Minnesota with a teacher’s contract in hand and a secret life
she’s fled. A young widow with a small son, she’s searching for a safe place to
raise her child where no one will recognize her. She meets Edward Sheridan, a
successful merchant and bank owner, who quickly falls for her beauty, intelligence,
and kindness. Still, she worries her notorious past will threaten the one thing
dearest to her—her son.
From the deserts of Texas to the sweeping vistas of Wyoming,
the refinement of New York City to the lush valleys of Argentina, Etta followed
the outlaw men she loved so dearly. And then, she disappeared.
One woman, two separate lives. What became of the elusive Etta Place?
Historical Women's Fiction
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Release Date: September 4, 2018
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| Harry Longabaugh alias the Sundance Kid and Etta Place. Circa 1901 |
The Real Etta Place:
Etta Place was a real woman who was married to the notorious
outlaw the Sundance Kid. From 1895 to 1907, she followed Sundance and Butch
Cassidy, the leader of the Wild Bunch, along the Outlaw Trail and down to South
America where the threesome tried to go straight. She was a young, beautiful
woman who was said to be refined and mannered, even though she could shoot and
ride as well as any man. No one knew her real name. She went by the alias Etta
Place, but some thought her name was Ethel. Sometime around 1906–1908, she
disappeared. Some say that during that time, she died in a Denver hospital and
Sundance went on a drunken brawl and shot up a bar before returning to South
America. Others say she died in childbirth. Stories persist that she left
Sundance for someone else, that she came back to America alone, or that she
died in the final shootout in San Vincente, Bolivia where it was believed that
Butch and Sundance died. In reality, no woman was killed during that shootout,
and there has yet to be any evidence that Butch or Sundance died that day.
What became of Etta Place? No one knows. And that is what
makes her story so interesting. Using a timeline of true events that are known,
I create her past life with Butch and Sundance, while giving a fictional
version of her life after she disappeared. Enjoy!
Love, loved this book. Such an enchanting tale. I believed every word she wrote. Anxious to read more. Not completely the happy-ever-after but really close to it. Thanks for a great read.
ReplyDeleteI just finished this book qnd loved it. Wonderful story. I actually met (Butch Cassidy) Robert Parker's sister in 1966. She was in her 80's at the time and swore to me that Butch had returned to the family home in Utah several times during her teenage years.
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