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1 online resource (x, 303 pages), 12 unnumbered pages of plates. |
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text txt |
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computer c |
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online resource cr |
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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 |
ISBN |
9780300252125 (electronic bk.) |
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0300252129 (electronic bk.) |
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0300212801 |
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9780300212808 |
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