Calamity Jane: The Life and Legend of Martha Jane Cannary

by DJ Herda

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Young Martha Jane Cannary began life as a camp follower and street urchin. Parentless by the age of twelve, she morphed into the mother of two who just as often took employment as a waitress, laundress, or dance hall girl as she did an Indian scout or bullwhacker. Just as likely to wear a dress as she was buckskins, she was impossible to ignore no matter what she wore, particularly after she'd had a few drinks! And she shamelessly parlayed into a legend the aura of fame that Edward L. Wheeler's dime novels crafted around her.
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  • ISBN10 1493031945
  • ISBN13 9781493031948
  • Publish Date 15 April 2018
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
  • Imprint TwoDot Books
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 224
  • Language English