Calamity Jane
Subtitle: the woman and the legend
By: James D. McLaird.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
Subjects: Calamity Jane, 1852-1903.; Women pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.; Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: A meticulously researched account about how an alcoholic prostitute was transformed into a Wild West heroine is presented in this biography of Martha Canary, the woman known as Calamity Jane.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-363) and index.