Go
 

  Get this audio book:




Learn More About
Find More Titles by
This Author: James D. McLaird
This Narrator: Todd Curless
This Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Calamity Jane: The Woman and the Legend by James D. McLaird

Calamity Jane: The Woman and the Legend

by James D. McLaird


Title Details

Narrator
 
Unabridged Edition
Running Time
14 Hrs. 3 Min.

Description

Forget Doris Day singing on the stagecoach. Forget Robin Weigert's gritty portrayal on HBO's Deadwood. The real Calamity Jane was someone the likes of whom you've never encountered. That is, until now.

This book is a definitive biography of Martha Canary, the woman popularly known as Calamity Jane. Written by one of today's foremost authorities on this notorious character, it is a meticulously researched account of how an alcoholic prostitute was transformed into a Wild West heroine.

Always on the move across the northern plains, Martha was more camp follower than the scout of legend. A mother of two, she often found employment as waitress, laundress, or dance hall girl and was more likely to be wearing a dress than buckskin. But she was hard to ignore when she'd had a few drinks, and she exploited the aura of fame that dime novels created around her, even selling her autobiography and photos to tourists.

Gun toting, swearing, hard drinking - Calamity Jane was all of these, to be sure. But whatever her flaws or foibles, James D. McLaird paints a compelling portrait of an unconventional woman who more than once turned the tables on those who sought to condemn or patronize her. His book is a long-awaited biography of Martha Canary and the last word on Calamity Jane.

The book is published by University of Oklahoma Press.

"The definitive biography of Martha Jane Canary." (L.A. Times)


People Who Liked Calamity Jane: The Woman and the Legend Also Liked These Free Titles:
  Jeffrey Toobin on Patty Hearst
by Jeffrey Toobin

  Tossing Away the Keys
by David Isay