Richard W. Etulain
Autor(a) de Does the Frontier Experience Make America Exceptional?
About the Author
Richard W. Etulain is the author or editor of more than fifty books, including Conversations with Wallace Stegner on Western History and Literature, Beyond the Missouri: The Story of the American West, and Lincoln Looks West: From the Mississippi to the Pacific. A Professor Emeritus of History at mostrar mais the University of New Mexico, he lives in Clackamas, Oregon. mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por Richard W. Etulain
By Grit and Grace: Eleven Women Who Shaped the American West (Notable Westerners) (1997) — Editor — 27 exemplares
With Badges & Bullets: Lawmen & Outlaws in the Old West (Notable Westerners Series) (1999) 22 exemplares
Telling Western Stories: From Buffalo Bill to Larry McMurtry (Calvin P. Horn Lectures in Western History and Culture) (1999) 8 exemplares
Faith and imagination: Essays on evangelicals and literature honoring Marian B. Washburn (1985) 2 exemplares
The idaho Heritage 2 exemplares
Idaho history: A bibliography 1 exemplar
The American West and Its Interpreters: Essays on Literary History and Historiography (2023) 1 exemplar
New Mexico Historical Review: Vol. 58, No. 1, 2, 3, & 4 - January, April, July, & October 1983 (1983) 1 exemplar
New Mexico Historical Review: Vol. 60, No. 1, 2, 3 & 4 - January, April, July, & October 1985 (1985) 1 exemplar
New Mexico Historical Review: Vol. 56, No. 1, 2, 3 & 4 - January, April, July & October 1981 (1981) 1 exemplar
Myths And The American West 1 exemplar
Associated Works
One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West before Lewis and Clark (2003) — Prefácio — 223 exemplares
A Texas Cowboy: or, Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony (1950) — Editor, algumas edições — 185 exemplares
Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 42, No. 4, Fall 1974 - Matters of Politics (1974) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 43, No. 1, Winter 1975 - Cultural Perspectives (1975) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Etulain, Richard W.
- Data de nascimento
- 1938-08-26
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Wapato, Washington, USA
- Locais de residência
- Clackamas, Oregon, USA
- Educação
- Northwest Nazarene College
University of Oregon - Ocupações
- historian
editor - Organizações
- Northwest Nazarene College
Idaho State University
University of New Mexico
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 65
- Also by
- 9
- Membros
- 494
- Popularidade
- #50,038
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 4
- ISBN
- 66
- Línguas
- 1
Establishing the correct details of Calamity Jane's life remains a challenging prospect, largely because the paucity of reliable sources and the challenges in verifying them. This leaves gaps in Richard Etulain's coverage of Jane's life, as he freely admits. What is left, though, provides an account of a tough, hard-living woman whose peripatetic life was often defined by her alcoholism. Born in Missouri, she was orphaned at an early age and left to tend to her younger brother. A fortuitous journey to Deadwood, South Dakota, in 1876 brought her into the national spotlight, as her brief association with Wild Bill Hickok and her own remarkable behavior drew the attention of several writers at a time when Americans were becoming fascinated by events on the frontier. Though she benefited from the fame in a number of ways, her legendary reputation did not alleviate her problems with alcohol or poverty, and she died at the age of 51 in 1903.
Etulain's book would be worthwhile reading just for his effort to separate the truth of Martha Canary's life from the legend of Calamity Jane. Yet its greatest strength is his coverage of the construction of that legend, Starting with the Deadwood Dick novels of Edward Wheeler, he chronicles the fictional depictions of adventures, both during her life and in the decades that have followed since her death. His analysis shows the evolution of her image, one that often reflected more the mores of the times than any effort to recount the truth. Together they make for a solid study of the life and legend of a woman whose fame has far outlasted the short and often tragic life that she lived.… (mais)