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Calamity Jane, Wild West Legend Hear her amazing story in her own words: how she learned to shoot and ride, the daughter she gave up for adoption, and her reaction to the many myths spun around her name. Joyce Thierer Joyce Thierer teaches history at Emporia State University and co-directs Ride into History. She has presented Calamity Jane for KHC since 1993. |
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| Programs: Book A Character | History Alive Home | |||
04/13/2006 12:41 |
By
the time the frontier closed in 1892, Calamity Jane (1852-1903)
had become a legend in her own time, the heroine of pulp fiction
and the star of the Wild West shows.