A similar but true story is that of a Spanish nun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_de_Erauso) who ran away and joined the army. She lived a colourful life, and was one of the first European women to write an autobiography (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807070734/ref%3Dnosim/societyforhumans/103-0695623-8362201), which is an interesting read. She eventually received a special Papal dispensation to live her life as a man, amazingly enough.
Oh, and I browsed the article about antipopes, and found that one from Kansas is mentioned in Thomas Frank's last book (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_the_Matter_with_Kansas%3F), which in turn lead me to the wikipedia page on The Baffler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baffler), and the information that a second collection of articles from it was published in 2003. So thanks for the link :)
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Date: Saturday, 16 April 2005 04:16 pm (UTC)Oh, and I browsed the article about antipopes, and found that one from Kansas is mentioned in Thomas Frank's last book (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_the_Matter_with_Kansas%3F), which in turn lead me to the wikipedia page on The Baffler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baffler), and the information that a second collection of articles from it was published in 2003. So thanks for the link :)