Costco to Host Book Signing for Local Wicked Women of New Mexico Author

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Dec. 9, 2014 - PRLog -- New Mexico Territory attracted outlaws and desperados as its remote locations guaranteed non-detection while providing opportunists the perfect setting in which to seize wealth. Many wicked women on the run from their pasts headed there seeking new starts before and after 1912 statehood.

Colorful characters such as Bronco Sue, Sadie Orchard and Lizzie McGrath were noted mavens of mayhem, while many other women were notorious gamblers, bawdy madams or confidence tricksters. Some paid the ultimate price for crimes of passion, while others avoided punishment by slyly using their beguiling allure to influence authorities.

Follow the raucous tales of these wild women in a collection that proves crime in early New Mexico wasn’t only a boys’ game.

Join the Author for a Book Signing!

Where:  Costco

1420 N. Renaissance Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87107

When:  Friday, December 19th, 2014; 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

         And

Where:  Costco

9955 Coors Bypass NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114

When: Saturday, December 20th, 2014; 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through The History Press at 866-457-5971 or www.historypress.net

The History Press, based in Charleston, South Carolina, brings a new way of thinking to history publishing by producing regional history titles by excellent historians and striving to make these books available to a wide audience.

Wicked Women of  New Mexico

by Donna Blake Birchell

128 pages/ softcover

Published: March 2014