The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #135578 Message #3094397
Posted By: pdq
13-Feb-11 - 12:22 PM
Thread Name: BS: Do small errors in books, film &c matter
Subject: RE: BS: Do small errors in books, film &c matter
Somebody asked if "Sweet Betsy From Pike" was old enough to be sung authentically in a Western.
It was pulblished in 1858 so it is old enough to be in a Western, but not in a story about the early days of the Gold Rush.