ETTA

Hold onto your hats and suspend your disbelief because ETTA is the story of the woman who ran with the "The Hole in the Wall Gang." That's right, she was a gun-toting, horse-riding gutsy woman who rode with Butch Cassidy and loved the Sundance Kid without reservation. With a steady voice and careful enunciation, Kirsten Potter narrates the partially fictionalized life of Lucinda Jameson Carr, aka Etta S. Place. Reading newspaper articles, short stories, and tall tales, Potter depicts the forgotten chapters of Lucinda Carr's life. The listener will smile when Potter tells of how Etta crosses paths with Teddy Roosevelt, Wild Bill Hickok, Pinkerton agents, and even Eleanor Roosevelt. This charming novel crisscrosses North and South America at the end of an era. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2009]