Pearl Hart - the Wild West's most notorious woman bandit

Subject to Change

English - January 02, 2022 14:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Education News history politics education arts film economics conversation long form liberal controversy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: The declines of the Roman Empire with Edward Watts

Next Episode: Poggio Bracciolini - an Indiana Jones from the 15th century

In 1889 a woman calling herself Pearl Hart holds up a stagecoach in Arizona. In this episode John Boessenecker talks about Pearl Hart and his book Wildcat. Pearl's life from poverty to prostitution to stage coach robbing and prison sounds miserable. But the woman herself was beautiful, smart, full of life and hard not to admire. In fact the whole family and in particular her sister Katie led fascinating lives. Highly recommended.