Download or read book The Last of the Wild West Cowgirls: A True Story written by Kay Turnbaugh and published by Perigo Press. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Goldie Griffith, one of America's first professional female athletes, performed as a bronco buster in Buffalo Bill's Wild West shows. In a wedding attended by 8,000 she married a cowboy she later tried to murder. She acted in early westerns, trained war dogs, owned restaurants, and ranched. This biography is a 2009 WILLA Literary Award finalist.