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Rough, Tough Charley

by Verla Kay · 2007

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Charley was rough.

Charley was tough.

Charley wore fancy blue gloves.

Charley Parkhurst always was more comfortable around horses than around humans. One of the most respected stagecoach drivers in the old West, Charley also kept one of the biggest secrets anyone could keep.

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Now, through thrilling paintings and Verla Kay's signature cryptic rhyme, readers are invited to explore an amazing real life, lived without limits.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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LGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of this
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gendergenderMore like thisLess of this
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CaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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