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The real Calamity Jane was distressingly unlike her legend

Apart from the fact that she wore trousers, swore like a navvy and was drunk all the time, she had nothing in common with the dare-devil frontierswoman of folklore

issue 08 February 2020
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  • Calamity: The Many Lives of Calamity Jane

    Karen R. Jones

    Yale, pp. 303, £20

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