The life and legends of Calamity Jane
(2014)
Nonfiction
Book
Series:
Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/CALAMITY JANE
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2014]
DESCRIPTION
xviii, 381 pages : illustrations
ISBN/ISSN
9780806146324 (hardcover : alk. paper), 080614632X (hardcover : alk. paper)
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
Foundations, stable and broken -- Finding her way -- Negotiating Deadwood -- Overnight fame: a dime novel heroine -- On the road again -- The decline of a life -- Imagining Calamity: launching a legendary heroine, 1903-1930 -- The search for a coherent Calamity, 1930-1960 -- A new gray Calamity, 1960-1990 -- A complex Calamity, 1990-present -- Conclusion: pondering a life and legends