Texas Bad Girls: Hussies, Harlots, and Horse Thieves

Sometimes humorous, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, sometimes deeply sad and moving -- such are the biographies of fifteen Texas bad girls. Husband killers, run-of-the-mill murderers, whorehouse madams, prostitutes, gamblers, bank robbers, floozies -- each contributes immeasurably to a rowdy, ribald history that dates from the state’s earliest settlers to yesterday’s biggest news story.