Calamity Jane: A Study in Historical Criticism / by Roberta Beed Sollid

Montana Historical Society Press, 1995. Trade paperback. Minor edge wear. VG. 

Stories about Calamity Jane have fascinated readers for generations. This book, one of the first authoritative factual sources, separates the mythical, romanticized Calamity depicted in dime novels and Hollywood films from the real, flesh-and-blood woman. After thirty-five years, it is back in print with new scholarship to place it in historical perspective and re-examine the legend.