Sore Losers: An inaugural ode to a good man forgotten by history, and a reflection on America's strange preference for tales of men who stew, smolder and stalk off
4 min readJan 19, 2021
Some 145 years ago, a fifteen-year-old girl was invited to participate in a private shooting match with a famous marksman and vaudevillian named Frank Butler — ten years older and amused to be in a face-off with a…