Standing for herself

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Set in the tumultuous aftermath of the Civil War, the story follows Johnny Behan, a prominent lawman in Arizona, who lures Josephine Marcus, a young Jewish immigrant, to Tombstone with a promise of marriage. As she leaves her San Francisco life behind for the silver-rich mining town, she finds herself in a community fraught with political tensions and divisions between Confederates and Unionists. The narrative explores themes of ambition, identity, and the complexities of life in a lawless frontier.