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Author : Don Russell
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 27,93 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806115375
Attempts to discern the truths behind the legends built up around his career.
Author : Bobby Bridger
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 43,99 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292709171
Army scout, buffalo hunter, Indian fighter, and impresario of the world-renowned "Wild West Show," William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody lived the real American West and also helped create the "West of the imagination." Born in 1846, he took part in the great westward migration, hunted the buffalo, and made friends among the Plains Indians, who gave him the name Pahaska (long hair). But as the frontier closed and his role in "winning the West" passed into legend, Buffalo Bill found himself becoming the symbol of the destruction of the buffalo and the American Indian. Deeply dismayed, he spent the rest of his life working to save the remaining buffalo and to preserve Plains Indian culture through his Wild West shows. This biography of William Cody focuses on his lifelong relationship with Plains Indians, a vital part of his life story that, surprisingly, has been seldom told. Bobby Bridger draws on many historical accounts and Cody's own memoirs to show how deeply intertwined Cody's life was with the Plains Indians. In particular, he demonstrates that the Lakota and Cheyenne were active cocreators of the Wild West shows, which helped them preserve the spiritual essence of their culture in the reservation era while also imparting something of it to white society in America and Europe. This dual story of Buffalo Bill and the Plains Indians clearly reveals how one West was lost, and another born, within the lifetime of one remarkable man.
Author : Louis S. Warren
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 34,9 MB
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 030742510X
William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody was the most famous American of his age. He claimed to have worked for the Pony Express when only a boy and to have scouted for General George Custer. But what was his real story? And how did a frontiersman become a worldwide celebrity? In this prize-winning biography, acclaimed author Louis S. Warren explains not only how Cody exaggerated his real experience as an army scout and buffalo hunter, but also how that experience inspired him to create the gigantic, traveling spectacle known as Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. A dazzling mix of Indians, cowboys, and vaqueros, they performed on two continents for three decades, offering a surprisingly modern view of the United States and a remarkably democratic version of its history. This definitive biography reveals the genius of America’s greatest showman, and the startling history of the American West that drove him and his performers to the world stage.
Author : Robert A. Carter
Publisher : Castle Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,76 MB
Release : 2005-06
Category : Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
ISBN : 9780785820376
This sweeping biography gives us a compelling look at the flamboyant, generous man the Indians called "Long Hair" and the rest of America called the "P. T. Barnum of the American West".
Author : Don Russell
Publisher :
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 16,34 MB
Release : 1961
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Author : Michael E. Goodman
Publisher : The Creative Company
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 40,66 MB
Release : 2005-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781583413364
A profile of the versitile frontiersman known as Buffalo Bill.
Author : Candace Fleming
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 14,97 MB
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1596437634
Everyone knows the name Buffalo Bill, but few these days know what he did or, in some cases, didn't do. Was he a Pony Express rider? Did he serve Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn? Did he scalp countless Native Americans, or did he defend their rights? This, the first significant biography of Buffalo Bill Cody for younger readers in many years, explains it all. With copious archival illustrations and a handsome design, Presenting Buffalo Bill makes the great showman come alive for new generations. Extensive back matter, bibliography, and source notes complete the package. This title has Common Core connections.
Author : Joy S. Kasson
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 26,74 MB
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : History
ISBN : 1466895373
Buffalo Bill's Wild West presents a fascinating analysis of the first famous American to erase the boundary between real history and entertainment Canada, and Europe. Crowds cheered as cowboys and Indians--and Annie Oakley!--galloped past on spirited horses, sharpshooters exploded glass balls tossed high in the air, and cavalry troops arrived just in time to save a stagecoach from Indian attack. Vivid posters on billboards everywhere made William Cody, the show's originator and star, a world-renowned figure. Joy S. Kasson's important new book traces Cody's rise from scout to international celebrity, and shows how his image was shaped. Publicity stressed his show's "authenticity" yet audiences thrilled to its melodrama; fact and fiction converged in a performance that instantly became part of the American tradition. But how, precisely, did that come about? How, for example, did Cody use his audience's memories of the Civil War and the Indian wars? He boasted that his show included participants in the recent conflicts it presented theatrically, yet he also claimed it evoked "memories" of America's bygone greatness. Kasson's shrewd, engaging study--richly illustrated--in exploring the disappearing boundary between entertainment and public events in American culture, shows us just how we came to imagine our memories.
Author : Robert A. Carter
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,21 MB
Release : 2002-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780471077800
"An excellent book based on exhaustive research and written with fresh insight. It is a spellbinding accomplishment and brings both the man and his era to life. . . . It is an extraordinary achievement." -Arizona Daily Star "Carter presents this astounding tale in a very balanced fashion, providing both the nineteenth-century rationale and his repug-nance at acts today considered shocking. . . . Through Carter's writing, the heroic and ultimately sad life of a remarkable human being makes a deep impact." -Richmond Times Dispatch "A comprehensive, sharply rendered life of showman William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody pries realities away from legend. . . . A splendid portrait of Cody's life and times, at once poignant, boisterous, and disturbing." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "There's a large audience for American, and particularly Western, history, and those readers will not want to miss this genial account." -Publishers Weekly "This is the remarkable story of an amazing life. Cody not only lived the adventure of the frontier, he helped create the American West of the imagination. A fascinating story and a must-read for anyone interested in the evolution of the Western myth." -Casey Tefertiller author, Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend
Author : Karen Bornemann Spies
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 16,85 MB
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766064514
The life of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody is part of the legend of the American West. This book traces his life from his youth in Kansas, through his careers as a Pony Express rider and military scout, to his creation of the traveling Wild West show. It explores the myths that surround Buffalo Bill as a memorable figure in the development of the western United States.