Ron Lackmann

Women of the Western Frontier in Fact, Fiction and Film

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Produktbeschreibung

This work provides factual accounts of women of the Old West in contrast to their depictions on film and in fiction. The lives of Martha "Calamity Jane" Canary and Belle "The Bandit Queen" Starr are first detailed; one discovers that Starr was indeed friends with notorious bank robbers of the time, including Jesse James and Cole Younger, but was herself primarily a cattle and horse thief. Wives and lovers of some of the West's most famous outlaws are covered in the second section along with real-life female entertainers, prostitutes and gamblers. Native Americans, entrepreneurs, doctors, reformers, artists, writers, schoolteachers, and other such "respectable" women are covered in the third section.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 416g
• ISBN-13: 9780786428458
• ISBN-10: 0786428457
• Artikelnr.: 21427191

Autorenporträt

Ron Lackmann, a retired teacher, has contributed numerous articles to such publications as Screen Greats and Afternoon TV. He lives in Stone Ridge, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction    
1. Belle Starr and Calamity Jane: The Old West's Two Most Famous Women    
2. Gunfighters' Wives and Lovers, and Female Outlaws    
3. Female Entertainers Who Toured the Western Frontier    
4. Prostitutes, Madams and Gambling Ladies of the Wild West    
5. Remarkable Respectable Women of the Western Frontier    
Appendix
Selected Western Silent Films Featuring Women in Prominent Roles    
Appendix
Selected Western Sound Films Featuring Women in Prominent Roles    
Appendix
Western Television Series Featuring Women in Prominent Roles    
Appendix
Twelve Celebrated Locales of the Western Frontier    
Bibliography    
Index