Josephine “Sadie” Earp: The Sordid Truth 1870-1883

Josephine “Sadie” Earp, Wyatt Earp’s longtime common-law wife, hid her scandalous past by creating false stories and scenarios to white-wash her early years. She had good reason to do so, as the truth, in her case, was often sordid and confronting. She went to great lengths to keep her past veiled in falsehoods and fantasies. Now, for the first time, Peter Brand fully explores the San Francisco vice trade, which heavily influenced her early life, and reveals the fact that she slept in her first brothel at the tender age of twelve. Readers are given the facts about her family’s poverty, and their struggle to control a daughter who was determined to break away from her traditional Jewish upbringing. Using newly found primary sources, and a close analysis of Sadie’s own words, Brand reveals the truth about Sadie’s early life and that of her family. Her fictitious claims of being an actress are finally examined and exposed. The multi award-winning author peels back the layers of deception and provides factual clarity about her formative years, and the reality she tried so hard to bury. Finally, the real “Sadie” emerges. — ASIN: B0DHKZVNN1 | ISBN13: 9798335221153 | ISBN-13: 979-8335221153