Stopping in Virginia City, Tom sees brutal Sam Brown almost knife a man to death when the man challenges Brown's bet against celebrated actress Adah Isaacs Menken's planned ride on a black stallion.

Stopping in Virginia City, Tom sees brutal Sam Brown almost knife a man to death when the man challenges Brown's bet against celebrated actress Adah Isaacs Menken's planned ride on a black stallion.

Stopping in Virginia City, Tom sees brutal Sam Brown almost knife a man to death when the man challenges Brown's bet against celebrated actress Adah Isaacs Menken's planned ride on a black stallion.

Stopping in Virginia City, Tom sees brutal Sam Brown almost knife a man to death when the man challenges Brown's bet against celebrated actress Adah Isaacs Menken's planned ride on a black stallion.

He also introduces us to the mid-19th-century American woman Adah Isaacs Menken, who was born a Christian but claimed to be Jewish – a Marrano – by descent (she added the ‘h’ to her first name to make ...