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Jane at the Fair
"I'd think twice before I yoked myself to Calamity Jane," he cautioned sincerely. "She will make your life hell."
In 1901, Calamity Jane visited the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. When sick and dying with nothing left to lose, she had allowed herself to be plucked from a brothel in Montana. Her rescuer was a woman who planned to exploit Jane’s celebrity at the fair.
Among other historical notables and fictional characters attending the visually stunning exposition were Geronimo, Carrie Nation, Buffalo Bill Cody, President William McKinley, and the Devil hinself, each seeking a separate prize.
Meticulously researched for historical detail, Jane at the Fair is a story of desperation, dissipation, romance, and hope. The “Rainbow City” comes to life. Its fountains sparkle. Its magnificent temporary architecture dazzles. Its exotic midway teems with visitors less interested in the exposition’s educational displays of art, culture, and progress than in the thrill of a carnival atmosphere. Side by side with a richly accurate portrait of the times is a pivotal element of the supernatural. Witness, for example, Esau, the sideshow chimp whose behavior is a bit too human and sinister.
In 1901, Calamity Jane visited the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. When sick and dying with nothing left to lose, she had allowed herself to be plucked from a brothel in Montana. Her rescuer was a woman who planned to exploit Jane’s celebrity at the fair.
Among other historical notables and fictional characters attending the visually stunning exposition were Geronimo, Carrie Nation, Buffalo Bill Cody, President William McKinley, and the Devil hinself, each seeking a separate prize.
Meticulously researched for historical detail, Jane at the Fair is a story of desperation, dissipation, romance, and hope. The “Rainbow City” comes to life. Its fountains sparkle. Its magnificent temporary architecture dazzles. Its exotic midway teems with visitors less interested in the exposition’s educational displays of art, culture, and progress than in the thrill of a carnival atmosphere. Side by side with a richly accurate portrait of the times is a pivotal element of the supernatural. Witness, for example, Esau, the sideshow chimp whose behavior is a bit too human and sinister.
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