Damn. Clearly don't fuck with Stagecoach Mary.
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Nah, or her girlfriend because she would absolutely break your nose or challenge you to a duel and likely win.
Jim and Bad, Bad Leroy Brown both run for the hills when Stagecoach Mary comes to town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Fields
She lived quite the life!
My favorite part of the article:
In 1959, actor and Montana native Gary Cooper wrote an article for EBONY in which he wrote, "Born a slave somewhere in Tennessee, Mary lived to become one of the freest souls ever to draw a breath, or a .38."
I love the ambiguity of
In 1894, after several complaints and an incident with a disgruntled male subordinate that involved gunplay,[2] the bishop barred her from the convent.
"The is the last time I tell you to clean the altar." *BANG*
"MY FOOT!"
Gary Cooper > John Wayne
Best Western actor of that entire era, also the inspiration for Timothy Olyphant's portrayal of Raylan Givens on Justified.
Wow a real life zeugma
Whew. It's a good thing you specified AD, OP. I was this close to assuming this photo was shot by a portrait hobbyist pharoah.
Don't make me go back to AUC