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Author:

Stewart, Amy, author.

Title:

Girl waits with gun / Amy Stewart.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

408 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Kopp, Constance--Fiction.
Sheriffs--Paterson--Paterson--Fiction.
Policewomen--Hackensack--Hackensack--Fiction.
Silk Workers' Strike, Paterson, N.J., 1913--Fiction.
Black Hand (U.S.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Organized crime--New Jersey--Fiction.
New Jersey--History--20th century--Fiction.
New Jersey--History--20th century--Fiction.
FICTION--Historical.
FICTION--Family Life.
FICTION--General.
FICTION--Women Sleuths.--Women Sleuths.
Kopp, Constance.
Organized crime.
Policewomen.
Sheriffs.
New Jersey.
New Jersey--Hackensack.
New Jersey--Paterson.
Police--Paterson (N.J.)--Fiction.
Policewomen--Hackensack (N.J.)--Fiction.
Strikes--Silk industry--Paterson (N.J.)--Fiction.
Black Hand (U.S.)--History--Fiction.
Organized crime--New Jersey--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
New Jersey--History--20th century--Fiction.
1900-1999
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
History.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Drunken Botanist comes an enthralling novel based on the forgotten true story of one of the nation's first female deputy sheriffs. Constance Kopp doesn't quite fit the mold. She towers over most men, has no interest in marriage or domestic affairs, and has been isolated from the world since a family secret sent her and her sisters into hiding fifteen years ago. One day a belligerent and powerful silk factory owner runs down their buggy, and a dispute over damages turns into a war of bricks, bullets, and threats as he unleashes his gang on their family farm. When the sheriff enlists her help in convicting the men, Constance is forced to confront her past and defend her family -- and she does it in a way that few women of 1914 would have dared.

Summary:

Constance Kopp doesn't quite fit the mold. She towers over most men, has no interest in marriage or domestic affairs, and has been isolated from the world since a family secret sent her and her sisters into hiding fifteen years ago. One day a belligerent and powerful silk factory owner runs down their buggy, and a dispute over damages turns into a war of bricks, bullets, and threats as he unleashes his gang on their family farm. When the sheriff enlists her help in convicting the men, Constance is forced to confront her past and defend her family -- and she does it in a way that few women of 1914 would have dared. (Based on the true story of one of America's first female deputy sheriffs.).
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Drunken Botanist comes an enthralling novel based on the forgotten true story of one of the nation's first female deputy sheriffs. Constance Kopp doesn't quite fit the mold. She towers over most men, has no interest in marriage or domestic affairs, and has been isolated from the world since a family secret sent her and her sisters into hiding fifteen years ago. One day a belligerent and powerful silk factory owner runs down their buggy, and a dispute over damages turns into a war of bricks, bullets, and threats as he unleashes his gang on their family farm. When the sheriff enlists her help in convicting the men, Constance is forced to confront her past and defend her family -- and she does it in a way that few women of 1914 would have dared.

Series:

[Kopp sisters novel] ; [book 1]
Stewart, Amy. Kopp sisters novel ; bk. 1.

ISBN:

0544800834
9780544800830
9781925321326
1925321320
0544409914
9780544409910

OCLC:

(OCoLC)898052619

LCCN:

2014045223

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls) — Copies: 6

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque) — Copies: 10 — Kit notes: +2LP