About this episode

Sheryl McCollum interviews Chris Enss about Laura Bullion, a little-known female outlaw of the Wild Bunch and her life experiences.

By 1901, Laura Bullion had traded the ranches of her childhood for life with the Wild Bunch, the outlaw gang associated with Butch Cassisy and the Sundance Kid, and took part in the Great Northern train robbery that would eventually send her to prison. After years spent waiting for Ben Kilpatrick, she reinvented herself as a seamstress in Memphis, leaving the people around her with no idea about the life she had once lived. In this episode of Zone 7 , Sheryl McCollum welcomes back New York Times bestselling author Chris Enss to talk about Laura Bullion and her newest book, The Last Ride . Chris shares the circumstances that connected Laura to the Wild Bunch, what her prison letters tell us about her relationship with Ben Kilpatrick, and why women like Laura have been largely overlooked in the history of the American West. Highlights: (0:00) Sheryl welcomes Chris Enss and introduces Laura Bullion, the little-known female outlaw of the Wild Bunch (1:15) Laura’s childhood in Texas and the circumstances that put her among cowboys who would later turn to crime (4:45) The complicated relationship between Laura and Will Carver, and…

People in this episode

Host: Sheryl McCollum

Guest: Chris Enss

Topics covered

• female outlaws
• Wild Bunch
• American West history
• Laura Bullion
• train robbery
• prison letters

Keywords

• Laura Bullion
• Wild Bunch
• Butch Cassidy
• Sundance Kid
• Great Northern train robbery
• Ben Kilpatrick
• female outlaws
• American West

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pinkerton

Books & works: The Last Ride

Places: Memphis, Texas, Hole-in-the-Wall

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