{"product_id":"calamity-karen-r-jones-9780300212808","title":"Calamity: The Many Lives of Calamity Jane","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fascinating new account of the life and legend of the Wild West's most notorious woman: Calamity Jane\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eauthor of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Internal Enemy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this engaging account, Karen Jones takes a fresh look at the story of this iconic frontierswoman. She pieces together what is known of Canary's life and shows how a rough and itinerant lifestyle paved the way for the scattergun, alcohol-fueled heroics that dominated Canary's career. Spanning Canary's rise from humble origins to her role as \"heroine of the plains\" and the embellishment of her image over subsequent decades, Jones shows her to be feisty, eccentric, transgressive--and very much complicit in the making of the myth that was Calamity Jane.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen R. Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300212801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300212808\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.50w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/10\/2020 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2021","brand":"Karen R. Jones","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43941463884031,"sku":"9780300212808","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4267a7f4-75ad-4636-a01b-c31009d1df16.jpg?v=1681453067","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/calamity-karen-r-jones-9780300212808","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}