Author

Kay, Verla

Gustavson, Adam (Illustrator)

Place of Publication

Berkeley, CA

Publisher

Tricycle Press

Publication Date

2007

Physical Description

Hardcover: 32 pages

Subject

Gender Reassignment

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Issues

Children's Self-Identity

LGBT

Abstract

In this picture-book biography, she introduces stagecoach driver Charley Parkhurst, whose astonishing secret was revealed after death: Hold your horses / Huge surprise . . . / He's a woman in disguise. Rhyming couplets follow Parkhurst from orphaned stableboy to Old West legend, known for coarse behavior and consummate driving skill. The pace is sometimes jarring, but Kay admirably distills the facts with the fewest possible words. Young people will quickly understand the unusual freedoms Charley enjoyed, in contrast to those of other women: They were bound by / Petticoats. / Couldn't drive or / Cast their votes. Realistic, oil paintings evoke the period and create a strong character in rough, formidable Charley.

ISBN

9781582461847

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

JUNIOR GA 600 KAY 2007

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