Scroll down for Christine's terrific essay on Evelyn (Billie) Frechette:

http://www.historyresearchwriter.com/publicenemies.htm

Thanks Christine for letting me link to your essay!! woohoo

You are welcome and thank you for linking it to JDR. :snoopy

Wonderful essay Christine! I tried to comment about it on your site but couldn't pull it off. She is really very endearing.

Karen - I got a little lump in my throat when I read the quote you posted in answer to Kris's question about her (Billie's) reaction to JD's death while she was in prison. I wondered too about that.

shakenbsis,

Thank you for taking the time to read the article. In order to comment, you need to go into the HistoryMuse Blog. I should make a note on the article so people know.

:writing

Christine :unsure: , I'm probably doing something wrong, I get in to the blog and the comment editor but get an error when I try to post (Internet Explorer error not internal to your site I believe)

Anyhow, I was just going to thank you for your research and your willingness to share your work. You're taking part in leaving a legacy for the future, building bridges from the past, it's beautiful.

OH, also I love your siggy! I really enjoyed Dead Man. Not just for the story. It's kind of weird but I felt watching it like I was seeing one of Jo's plays (where she gathers together all her friends and family and have a little production in the living room or the back yard) in Little Women. Only here it's the 'guys' get together. It made me smile to think of Johnny hanging with all his buds this way.

Interesting essay. Thanks for making it available.

shakenbsis,

Thank you for your kind words and I did see that you finally were able to post on the blog.

As for my signature. Actually that was the 1st Johnny movie I saw. My daughter was the one who turned me onto Mr. Depp and I constantly remind her of that!! She watched him in 21 Jump Street, saw him in Edward Sissorhands and Benny and Joon. She thought I would like his Dead Man movie and she was absolutely right!!

Dead Man is my favorite JD movie. There is a lot of symbolism in that movie pertaining to the earth, death, and the American Indian. I also like the references to William Blake, the poet/artist. The movie is done in a very unique way.

Christine - Thanks for letting me know!
I didn't know I had succeeded despite the errors. I'll be back it looks like a real treasure trove. I've been discouraged in my own geneology research and not gone back to it for a couple of years. I have American Indian roots on my mom's side (Blackfeet of the Lakota Sioux) but there are divisions in the family on that side and communication is difficult sadly.

Sorry for the off-topic content here...

Christine, your essay is an interesting read! Thank you so much for sharing. :)

History and genealogy are such fascinating topics; I, too, am very interested in them and do think we need to know our roots.

(And as for Dead Man, it's one of my favourite JD movies also. Full of wonderful symbolism and every time I watch it, it reveals new layers.)

~ Whiteling

Thanks for the link to the essay Karen, and Christine for putting it in such an easy to read format. I like reading about the other "characters" and their backgrounds. Wasn't it reported that Marion was also meeting some of Billie's relatives in the area? (This might have been on Rod's blog) I understand that Marion C. was on the set in OKosh, but not in costume. I'm wondering if she wanted to see "her boyfriend" in action to help her with her "emotional and or love scenes" with him.

Glad to see some other DMan lovers here---such an interesting film. It's not one I watch repeatedly, but when I get in the "mood". Yes, full of symbolism and social commentary---very different type of western.

-Donna