Wow, I can finally say that after 20 years that I finally read “Riding Freedom.” This was one of the books to read in my school’s library when I was in 2nd and 3rd grade. Decided to air on the side of caution and get it since it was free on Audible. I remember reading a biography on Charley Parkhurst after finding out there was indeed a real Charley but not if I read this book. It was so popular to the point where I couldn’t get a copy unless I bought it from a book fair. moreĤ.5 stars Wow, I can finally say that after 20 years that I finally read “Riding Freedom.” This was one of the books to read in my school’s library when I was in 2nd and 3rd grade.

What kind of life is that? It's no wonder men didn't want that job.and didn't want women voting their way out of it!. There was no way for a woman to do what she loved with her life, unless what she loved was to stand around a hot kitchen baking for the men folk all day. It's a sobering comment on a woman's life then, that Charlotte's only choice was to give up all that she loved and wanted and dreamed of, or to become a MAN. Just to be allowed to ride a horse, do a job that she was seemingly gifted at, she had to give up who she was and a large part of what she was. Not just a different person, but a different sex. To have even a bit of freedom, just to do what one loved, Charlotte had to become a different person. Though this book is short and simple, it left me with some disturbing reminders of how oppressed women were, as little as a hundred years ago or so. It's impossible to know if Charlotte became a man because she always identified as one, or simply to gain some measure of freedom in a time when women were little more than house slaves. How would he have treated her-as a man, or a woman? Was she transgendered? We will probably never know that, as I don't think that was recognized at the time. But I wondered if her childhood friend ever returned to help her run the ranch that was their dream together, and if so, how he would have dealt with the knowledge of her secret. We know she lived as a man until she died and never married or revealed her secret. Whatever the case, I was left with questions about her life. Maybe the author kept it short for a young audience, or maybe there's just not a lot known about our subject, Charlotte/Charlie, the heroine of this historical fiction/biographical novel. But I wondered if her childhood friend ever returned to help her run the ranch that was thei Riding Freedom starts a bit slow, but by the end, I wished there was more. Riding Freedom starts a bit slow, but by the end, I wished there was more.

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