Calamity Jane
Subtitle: courageous wild west woman
By: William R. Sanford and Carl R. Green
Contributors: Green, Carl R.
Series: Courageous heroes of the American West
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780766040106
Subjects: Women pioneers; Juvenile literature; Biography; Pioneers
Description: "Separates the myth from the truth in the life of Calamity Jane, including her early life, her many different occupations, her travels throughout the Wild West, and how she became a legendary figure"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Original edition has subtitle: Frontier original.

Originally published: 1996.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Who was the real Calamity Jane?; title: Growing up wild and free; title: A new life and a colorful nickname; title: A case of hero worship; title: Deadwood's angel of mercy; title: Footloose in the Old West; title: "The heroine of whoop-up"; title: A brief career in show business; title: "Bury me next to Wild Bill".