Brophy relies on papers presented before the Arizona Territorial Court, local newspaper coverage, and personal recollections of one of his ancestors. William H. Brophy, a banker and the general manager of the Copper Queen Consolidated Mercantile Company in Bisbee, Arizona, interviewed many of the participants. Unfortunately, Anthony Brophy's gracefully written, brief book is not easily available. You can get it through interlibrary loan.
Primary material about the Foundling is in the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library of the New-York Historical Society. Beyond what is available online, there is a clipping file of every newspaper article in the country on the orphan incident. Brophy's primary material is in the Arizona Historical Society: arizonahistoricalsociety.org.
MICHAELA MACCOLL loves to write about the past. Her award-winning historical-fiction novels include Always Emily, Nobody's Secret, Prisoners in the Palace, and Promise the Night. Michaela has degrees in multidisciplinary history from Vassar College and Yale University. She lives in Westport, Connecticut, with her husband, two daughters, and three extremely large cats. Visit michaelamaccoll.com.
ROSEMARY NICHOLS is passionate about all things historical. She earned two history degrees from the University of Washington in Seattle and a law degree from the University of Chicago. Rosemary grew up in Arizona, where part of Rory's Promise is set. She lives in upstate New York. To learn more about Rosemary and frontier Arizona, visit rosemarygailnichols.com.
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