Is inspired by the true story of a woman, charlotte "Charley" Parkhurst (1812-1879) who lived most of her extraordinary life as a man in the old west. As a young woman in rhode island, she fell in love with a runaway sla...Is inspired by the true story of a woman, charlotte "Charley" Parkhurst (1812-1879) who lived most of her extraordinary life as a man in the old west. As a young woman in rhode island, she fell in love with a runaway slave and had his child.