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Title: Cattle Kate

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Jana Bommersbach

Narrator: Laura Hicks

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-28-15

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Cattle Kate is the only woman ever lynched as a cattle rustler. History called it "range-land justice" when she was strung up in Wyoming Territory on July 20, 1889, tarring her as a dirty thief and a filthy whore.

But history was wrong. It was all a lie.

Her real name was Ella Watson. She wasn't a rustler. She wasn't a whore. And she'd never been called Cattle Kate until she was dead and they needed an excuse. She was really a 29-year-old immigrant homesteader, lynched along with her husband by her rich and powerful cattle-baron neighbors, who wanted her land and its precious water rights. Some people knew the truth from the start. Their voices were drowned out by the all-powerful Wyoming Stock Growers Association. And those who dared speak out - including the eyewitnesses to the hangings - either disappeared or mysteriously died. There was no one left to testify against the vigilantes when the case eventually came to trial. Her six killers walked away scot-free. But the legend was stronger than the truth. For over a century, newspapers, magazines, books, and movies spread her ugly legacy.

Now, on the 125th anniversary of her murder, the real Ella comes alive in Cattle Kate to tell her heartbreaking story. Jana Bommersbach's debut novel bares a legend central to the western experience.

Members Reviews:

Terrific story of a strong

Terrific story of a strong, maligned woman. I love that it is based on a real event in history, the hanging of an innocent pair of homesteaders in Wyoming. The press of the time,just as journalists now, were quick to blow up the story and make it as if Ella Watson was a prostitute and a cattle rustler. This is a different view of the old West as told by a master writer. I especially like all the notes and references at the end of the book. Thank you, Jana, for another excellent book!

A MUST for those who like knowing the truth not sugar coated

From tears to laughter back to tears the details oh my all I can say is Jana did her homework when she wrote this. I could not put it down but I am a western history type of person. However everything I have read that Jane has published has been better than 5 stars I cannot wait for her next book will see you in Jan in Prescott Jana keep on writing ..

Good Read, a cruel lesson in history with a lasting impact.

It was very sad. It gave good insight into life in Wyoming Territory. It started out with a little bit too flowery discriptions of mundane everyday life from a very feminine perspective but I guess that was intentional in order to accurately portray the real personality and lifestyle of the main character who was later the target of unwarranted slander and murder.

I loved this book about Cattle Kate and the history that ...

I loved this book about Cattle Kate and the history that it portrays on the frontier during he homesteading era. Jana Bommersbach's research also separates facts from fiction and tells the real story of Ella Watson. I highly recommend the book.

Loved it! Jana was at a library in Gilbert ...

Loved it! Jana was at a library in Gilbert talking about her newest book so I ordered it,read it and passed it on to my free spirited women friends.