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Memories of Annie Oakley blizzard tale in Barcelona
In the Winter of 1891 the Wild West Show arrived in Barcelona. Annie Oakley recounts a Christmas spent amid beggars, counterfeit cash, and a crooked midway game. The Spanish street scene contrasts with her Nebraska memories as Barcelona’s shops test every coin with a glass slab and a sharp eye for fraud.
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