Buffalo Girls
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For the traditional song, see Buffalo Gals
For the song "Buffalo Girls" by TV on the Radio, see OK Calculator
"Buffalo Gals" is a song by Malcolm McLaren on the album Duck Rock
Buffalo Girls is a 1990 novel written by American author Larry McMurtry.
The novel is about Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary, 185?-1903). It is written in the style of a series of letters from Calamity Jane's view point to an unknown being. In her letters Calamity describes herself as being a drunken hell-raiser but never an outlaw--and about her larger-than-life cohorts. McMurtry's ability for characterization and storytelling shines as he depicts gritty events and relationships in the life of fur trappers and Indians who, along with Calamity Jane, must resort to performing in Bill Cody's Wild West show in order to survive. They exploit and are exploited by their frontier lifestyle before being defeated by it in the end.
