A Tyranny of Petticoats by Jessica Spotswood

Author:Jessica Spotswood [Spotswood, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7636-8822-6
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2015-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

My husband and I go on a lot of road trips together, but one of our most memorable was the drive from Minnesota to our home in the Pacific Northwest that took us through Deadwood, South Dakota, for the first time. After all the prairies and cornfields, entering the ominous Black Hills and driving into Deadwood Gulch felt like going back in time — at that moment, riding in a horse-drawn carriage would have felt more appropriate than my VW Bug. I became fascinated with the city that prides itself on its reputation as the last great Wild West town. Sure, the slot machines are now electronic and prostitution has been outlawed for over half a century (though the last brothel didn’t officially close until 1980), but you can still sense the area’s rich, often-savage history around every corner. It’s in the imposing hills that creep right up to the edges of town. It’s in the Victorian architecture rebuilt in brick and stone after a fire claimed the original timber structures. It’s in the shady graveyard that marks the final resting places of gunslingers like Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane.

Conducting research for this story was a joy — one of those times when it was difficult to stop researching and start writing. The characters and the story are entirely fictional, and some liberties have been taken, but I’ve done my best to write a story that would fit in with the history texts (supernatural elements notwithstanding). Though the Black Hills gold rush lasted only a few years, it left Deadwood with an abundance of tales full of real-life bandits, brawls, and all those assorted vices that usually follow in the wake of man’s greatest weakness: gold.

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