Welcome to Jane Little Botkin
Having scoured the West for firsthand sources in family, library, and museum collections, award-winning author Jane Little Botkin melds personal narratives of American families with compelling stories of western women, labor radicals, miners, lawmen, and outlaws in settings rich with a history that transitions into the New West.
Jane is currently writing her newest biography--The Breath of a Buffalo, A Biography of Mary Ann Goodnight and researching for Hank Boedeker, Lawman and Friend of Butch Cassidy. Check here for updates.
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Welcome to Jane Little Botkin
Having scoured the West for firsthand sources in family, library, and museum collections, award-winning author Jane Little Botkin melds personal narratives of American families with compelling stories of western women, labor radicals, miners, lawmen, and outlaws in settings rich with a history that transitions into the New West.
Jane is currently writing her newest biography--The Breath of a Buffalo, A Biography of Mary Ann Goodnight and researching for Hank Boedeker, Lawman and Friend of Butch Cassidy. Check here for updates.
Follow Jane by subscribing to her newsletter. Email jane@janelittlebotkin to register.
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The Pink Dress, Memoir of a GuyRex Girl
My parents initiated a truce the year I won a beauty-queen title. Actually, I was promoted to queen, but to my mother, how I received the title was of no consequence. In effect, I moved from a dysfunctional middle-class family into a theatrical ménage of high performers, intent on managing all aspects of my life for one…
David Street, Hollywood Actor
I just returned from interviewing Jane Street’s grandson and gained a wealth of information. He had already destroyed some of her work, and I was prepared to find little. Imagine my excitement to discover about a 1 ½” stack of her type-written writings. Poems, short stories, jokes, protest articles. Who knew there would be so much more…
My Book on Feisty Jane Street, Finished!
I have finally finished my book on Jane Street. While researching and writing the book has been an enjoyable journey, so many of the book’s themes are, unfortunately, evident today. I first came across Jane Street, supposedly a housemaid who organized other domestics against mistresses on Denver’s Capitol Hill, while researching for Frank Little and…