The Legend of Baby Doe John Burke, a former newspaperman, has published biographies, mysteries, popular histories, and juvenile biographies. He has written biographies on Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill Hickok, George Thomas, and many others. Elizabeth Bonduel McCourt was born in 1854 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Her parents were Irish immigrants and brought fourteen children into the world, though several children died in birth. Elizabeth was their fourth daughter. Her father, Peter McCourt, was a tailor. During years following the Civil War, there was a building boom and a great demand for lum....

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