Calamity Jane. The Woman And The Legend.

JAMES D. MCLAIRD

Publication: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005, Norman

First edition. 8vo. Two-tone brown cloth, dark brown endpapers, xiii [1], 378 pp., acknowledgments, introduction, illustrated from photographs, notes, bibliography, index. Publisher's promotional blurb says, "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." As new, unread copy in dust jacket.

Inventory Number: 41267