In Little Miss Sure Shot, Jeffrey Marshall re-creates the life of legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley. Framed largely around real-life events and timelines, the novel imagines the world she lived in, the places she traveled to, and people she met or may have met, including Queen Victoria, Thomas Edison and P.T, Barnum. It gives special attention to Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, the traveling troupe that catapulted Annie to worldwide fame in the late 1880s.

The novel also shows us the loving marriage between Annie and Frank Butler, her companion and manager for 50 years. And it explores, and celebrates, the extraordinary role of a woman marksman and performer in an era - and a sport - ruled by men.

About the Author
Jeffrey Marshall is a writer, poet and retired journalist. This is his first novel but third book, having published a business book on community reinvestment more than 20 years ago and a volume of collected poetry, River Ice, in 2009. He has an undergraduate degree in history from Princeton and a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern. A resident of Scottsdale, AZ, he is a board member of the Desert Foothills Land Trust in Carefree, AZ.