The Gentleman Outlaw and Me, Mary Downing Hahn
The Gentleman Outlaw and Me, Mary Downing Hahn
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The Gentleman Outlaw and Me

Author: Mary Downing Hahn

Narrator: Hannah Carmona

Unabridged: 5 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/28/2024


Synopsis

A "ripsnorting western . . . With plenty of twists and turns—and a cameo appearance by Doc Holliday—it's a real cowgirl triumph" (Kirkus Reviews).

In 1887, twelve-year-old Eliza Yates—disguised as a boy—sets out with her faithful dog Caesar to search for her missing father. Along the way, she falls in with gentleman outlaw Calvin Featherbone. "Together, they make their way to Tinville, Colorado, where, coincidentally, Calvin's father was killed by a certain Sheriff Yates. Calvin plans to avenge the murder, but he gets himself and Eliza in so much trouble with his amateurish schemes that the pair arrives in town ready to be hanged as horse thieves. Hahn's writing crackles like gunshot in the Ol' West, and Eliza and Calvin make a lovable team. The plotting is . . . tight and fast paced, and Hahn does a fine job of recreating the atmosphere of the days of cowboys and miners" (Booklist).

About Mary Downing Hahn

Mary Downing Hahn, a former children's librarian, is the award-winning author of many popular ghost stories, including Deep and Dark and Dangerous and The Old Willis Place. An avid reader, traveler, and all-around arts lover, Ms. Hahn lives in Columbia, Maryland, with her two cats, Oscar and Rufus.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David on June 17, 2020

Great idea; clumsily executed. While the notion of a Western -allegedly suitable for children- with a little comedy to lighten the journey, sounds great for a 7-year-old; this book nevertheless falls a little flat. While I enjoyed the travelogue of the protagonists’ Southwest journey, I became incre......more

Goodreads review by Micah on April 27, 2017

This is in the genre of 'The True Confession of Charlotte Doyle' for being tomboy-turned-real-life fantasy fulfillment, as in everything I wanted to be when I was young. Super fun and fast paced, filled plenty of rejection of gender norms, or at least a good attempt at it. (Could be read as anti-fem......more

Goodreads review by Erin Lee on July 13, 2017

This author baffles me. I started reading her work because I love her melodramatic, spooky tales. And then I read a murder mystery of hers. And now this Western tale. I didn't hate it, but it didn't have the delicious delivery I have come to know and love with her middle grade ghost stories. Is she......more

Goodreads review by Tara on October 03, 2010

I loved how he gave her a kiss and told her that she'll never forget him because a girl never forgets the boy who gave her her first kiss. The outlaw guy was so sweet and is I guess pretty ideal.......more

Goodreads review by Nikki on April 16, 2023

Got this book out of the elementary school library where I work, trying to decide if it's worth it to keep on the shelf. (The author's books all get checked out frequently, but this one is an exception.) Overall, it's a good book and I think worthy of being kept on a library shelf. I think it's not......more