Rough Tough Charley by Verla Kay

Written By Paul Bouchey

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

    • Youtube link (reading starts at 2:10): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYPrwTZ8SDo

    • This is a biography of a woman who dressed up as a man to be a stage-coach driver. This is not necessarily a trans story as one could easily make the argument that Charley practiced the gender transition out of necessity, but the story is a nice one for showing that there isn’t a real difference between men and women.

Paul Bouchey
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