Calamity - The Many Lives of Calamity Jane (Jones Karen R.)(Pevná vazba) - diskuze

A fascinating new account of the life and legend of the Wild West's most notorious woman: Calamity Jane "In this vivid and compelling biography, Karen Jones recovers the remarkable creativity of Martha Jane Canary, who helped to invent the mythic West by reinventing herself. As Calamity Jane, she told wild tales of adventure and blurred the lines between legend and history, male and female, and truth and possibility."--Alan Taylor, author of The Internal Enemy Martha Jane Canary, popularly known as Calamity Jane, was the pistol-packing, rootin' tootin' "lady wildcat" of the American West. Brave and resourceful, she held her own with the men of America's most colorful era and became a celebrity both in her own right and through her association with the likes of Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody. In this engaging account, Karen
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