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1 online resource (x, 303 pages), 12 unnumbered pages of plates |
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Degruyterct |
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Degruyterct
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PLATES -- Introduction. The Story of Calamity Jane: Tall Tales, Gender Possibility, and Frontier Celebrity -- Chapter One. "A Fearless Rider for a Girl of My Age": Martha Canary Goes West (c.1852-70) -- Chapter Two. "I Name You Calamity Jane": Crook, Custer, and Cross-Dressing in the US Cavalry (c.1870-7 -- Chapter Three. "Calamity Jane Has Arrived!": From Deadwood to Dime Novel (1876-95) -- Chapter Four. "Heroine of a Thousand Thrilling Adventures": Calamity Jane and the Culture of Frontier Celebrity (1895-1903) -- Chapter Five. "Bury Me Next to Wild Bill": Committing 138 Calamity to Popular Memory (1903-35) -- Chapter Six. "How the West Was Sung": Femininity and Fakery on the Hollywood Frontier (1935-60) -- Chapter Seven. "A Feminist in Buckskin": Performance, Profanity, and Sexual Politics on the New Western Frontier (1960-2000) -- Conclusion. From Doris to Deadwood and Back: The Continuing Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
A fascinating new account of the life and legend of the Wild West's most notorious woman: Calamity Jane |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Calamity Jane, 1856-1903.
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| SUBJECT |
Calamity Jane, 1856-1903 fast |
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Women pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
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Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
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Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women.
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Pioneers
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Women pioneers
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West United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300252125 |
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0300252129 |
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