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Vintage print of a Mexican cowgirlLady Jaguar was created by William H. Manning and appeared in “Lady Jaguar, the Robber Queen. A Romance of the Black Chaparral” (Beadle’s New York Dime Library v14 n176, 8 March 1882). Manning (1852-1929) was a Bostonian author of frontier stories and dime novels.
Doña Luisa Villena, a Mexican noblewoman, is drugged and forced to marry Don Manuel, the leader of a local group of bandits. The marriage is a fraud and the “priest” is one of the Don Manuel’s bandits dressed up in ministerial garb, but Doña Luisa does not know that, and she flees in shame and anger when she recovers from the drugs. (The marriage is never consummated, but just the idea of the marriage is bad enough).
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Date: 2011-03-25 05:41 pm (UTC)I tried clicking "read more" but the hyperlink doesn't work. Not sure if it's on my end or yours, but thought I'd let you know. Thanks so much for recovering and sharing so many stories that might otherwise be lost.
vikki
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Date: 2011-03-25 07:14 pm (UTC)The link has been fixed. Thank you so much for letting me know!
Cheers,
Ay-leen