Bøker av Ron Lackmann

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 detailed. Wives and lovers of some of the West's most famous outlaws are also covered along with real-life female entertainers, prostitutes and gamblers.

From her part on radio show Lights Out! at 17 to her starring role in Neil Simon's play Lost in Yonkers at 73, this biography both reveals Mercedes McCambridge's personal life and career and gives insight into an important period of show business history.