Ann Kirsches, composer of the
e o e ded “ale’s Gift a d the
fo th o i g Lady at the OK Co al:
The True Story of Josephine Marcus
Ea p, ould e the speake i side the
Je ish Histo y Museu ’s Jewish Storytelling Festival.
She ll provide a free
address about...
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Ann Kirsches, composer of the
e o e ded “ale’s Gift a d the
fo th o i g Lady at the OK Co al:
The True Story of Josephine Marcus
Ea p, ould e the speake i side the
Je ish Histo y Museu ’s Jewish Storytelling Festival.
She ll provide a free
address about her new guide on
Thursday, March 7 at 7 p.
m.
at the
Tucson Jewish Community
Ce te .
Lady at the OK Co al
chronicles living of the lady who
became the common-law wife of
popular Western lawman and gambler Wyatt Earp, unveiling an account that s been shrouded in
mystery for over 130 years.
Through her study, Kirsches has exposed new information concerning the
gunfight in the O.
K.
Corral.
It had been a love triangle, by which Earp and his arch-rival Johnny Behan struggled within the affections
of Josephine, an adolescent run-away from an immigrant Ny family.
Josephine, says the writer, is
generally overlooked by historians, due to her own attempts to hide her past as being a free girl and
Earp’s ei g a gu sli ge , u ishi g his pi
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