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The Legendary Garrett Girls

Story Stats

Rating: 5
Grade Level: 5, 6, 7, 8
Page count: 22

Author

Y. S.
Lee

Appeared in

A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers & Other Badass Girls

Story Summary

The Garrett sisters run the most popular saloon in gold-rush Alaska. That is until con man Soapy Smith bullies his way into 90% ownership giving the sisters one week to round up their affairs. Which they do, in a most unusual way leaving the saloon without a drop of liquor, no furniture and Soapy Smith in a tunnel just a few feet beneath the saloon's outhouse...