Publisher's Synopsis
In recent years, the biographical novel has become one of the most dominant literary forms-J.M. Coetzee, Margaret Atwood, Hilary Mantel, Colum McCann, Anne Enright, Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Carey, Russell Banks, and Julia Alvarez are just a few luminaries who have published stellar biographical novels that sell. Readers are tuned in to this genre and will be attracted to Girl with a Gun.
Women's participation in shooting sports has surged over the last decade, increasing by 51.5 percent for target shooting from 2001 to 2011, to just over 5 million women, and by 41.8 percent for hunting, according to the National Sporting Goods Association. Markswomen of all ages will be drawn to this story about the most famous markswoman to have ever lived.
Annie Oakley is still recognized today: The fifty-fourth annual Annie Oakley Festival was held in July 2017 (and participation continues to grow each year), and the Annie Oakley Society was formed seven years ago and hosts an annual luncheon to honor women who have achieved a remarkable first or who have been a trailblazer of national notoriety (honorees include Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor and Reba McEntire).
AUDIENCE:
Anyone interested in Annie Oakley
Readers of biographical fiction
Women who enjoy mysteries with amateur sleuths
Anyone who enjoys novels about American folk heroes
Women who shoot guns
