Wild West Canadians: The Lady Bandit — Pearl Hart

Episode 198: If you’ve had any interest in the Wild West, you’ve no doubt heard of a many of the storied gunmen and bandits from the era like Butch Cassidy, Jesse James and Billy the Kid. You probably also think of the United States, but Canada has its own legends and colourful characters from the era on both sides of the border. For example, legendary gunslinger and lawman, Bat Masterson, was was born in Henryville, Quebec. Sometimes the outlaws were women, like one notorious Canadian-born, lady bandit and the subject of this episode, whose most famous alias was Pearl Hart. After a rough life with criminal exploits that started during her troubled childhood, Pearl got herself into big trouble in Arizona in 1899 and was finally taken into custody after robbing a stage coach.Sources:Pearl Hart - WikipediaPearl Hart – Lady Bandit of Arizona – Legends of AmericaBandit Pearl Hart holds up an Arizona stagecoach - HISTORYThe life and times of Pearl Hart, Ontario’s cigar-smoking, Wild West superstar | The StarPearl Hart: The Amazing Life of The Bandit QueenFemale bandit Pearl Hart: “I shall not be tried under a law in which my sex had no voice in making”The wild life and death of Old West feminist bandit Pearl HartPearl Hart - ‘Bandit Queen’ of the Old West - WednesdaysWomenPearl Hart, the Last Lady Outlaw - HeadStuffWild Women of the Wild West: Pearl Hart ~ Lady Bandit of ArizonaListen to Wildcat Audiobook by John BoesseneckerThe Encyclopedia of Lawmen, Outlaws, and Gunfighters - Leon Claire Metz - Google BooksThe Cosmopolitan — Volume 27 — Google Play BooksPearl Hart: Smooth-talking card shark led Pearl’s slide to perdition | Local news | tucson.comSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

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