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News of the Times Story 154 | 1820
Catherine Wilson and her Shotgun Marriage as a Man
In 1820, a 14 year old girl, with no parents or protector, takes on the clothes of her dead brother and becomes John Thompson.
From this, her life takes on strange dramas that could not be predicted including a shotgun marriage as a man. Better than your average drama from a "you could not make it up" perspective.
Hosted by Robin Coles.
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