Peg Leg Annie: The Story of Anna Morrow

Peg Leg Annie: The Story of Anna Morrow - Paperback

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Peg Leg Annie: The Story of Anna Morrow - Paperback

Peg Leg Annie: The Story of Anna Morrow - Paperback

by Howard Frisk
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by Howard Frisk (Author)

A gripping work of historical fiction set in the gold mining camps of 19th-century Idaho, Peg Leg Annie tells the story of a woman who refuses to be broken by the frontier.

Annie McIntyre comes west with the promise of a better life, only to discover how quickly a dream can curdle into a nightmare. She marries to escape one cage and finds herself locked inside another-beaten, controlled, and ultimately separated from the children she loves most.

When tragedy strikes and leaves Annie permanently injured, she is forced to remake herself in a world that offers women few choices and even fewer mercies. Emerging as "Peg Leg Annie," she fights to survive in the brutal underbelly of frontier Idaho-among boarding houses, brothels, saloons, and mining towns where the law is fickle and justice is rarely kind to women.

Taking on the only roles the American frontier allows her-dance hall girl, madam, bootlegger-Annie builds an unlikely sisterhood with other marginalized women, forming bonds of loyalty and protection in a male-dominated world shaped by greed, violence, and desperation. Together, they carve out a fragile independence in a society determined to take advantage of them.

Annie wants more than survival. She wants her freedom. Her dignity. And the chance to reclaim the life that was stolen from her. Amidst heartbreak and betrayal, Annie must decide how far she is willing to go-and what she is willing to risk-to seize a future on her own terms.

Peg Leg Annie is a powerful novel of pioneer women, resilience, and defiance in the American West-perfect for readers of women's historical fiction, frontier novels, and stories rooted in Idaho history and forgotten mining camps.
Number of Pages: 372
Dimensions: 0.83 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: February 11, 2026
ISBN9798993750002
Author Howard Frisk
PublisherWestern Echo Publishing
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedFebruary 2026
LanguageENG- English
Pages372
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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