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Buffalo Bill Cody : the man who shaped the wild West legend / Lew Freedman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freedman, Lew, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- Buffalo Bill.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--History.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- History.
- Entertainers--United States--Biography.
- Entertainers.
- United States.
- Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Scouts (Reconnaissance)--West (U.S.)--Biography.
- Scouts (Reconnaissance).
- West (U.S.)--Biography.
- West (U.S.).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- pages cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
- Summary:
- ""William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846-1917) rose from humble origins in Iowa to become one of the most famous and most photographed people in the world. He became a leading scout during the American Indian Wars, winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, and a renowned show business fixture whose traveling Wild West exhibitions played to millions of spectators the world over for 30 years. He hobnobbed with presidents, kings, queens and European heads of state, befriending many legendary individuals of the West, from General George Armstrong Custer and Sitting Bull to Wild Bill Hickok and Annie Oakley. Aside from these achievements, Cody's most important legacy may be how he shaped the world's enduring views of the American West through his shows, which he considered to be educational events rather than entertainment. This biography is a fresh look at the life of Buffalo Bill."-Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Becoming Buffalo Bill
- The Codys of Iowa
- The Pony Express
- Wars
- Cody and Custer
- The Mrs.
- The Persuasive Mr. Buntline
- Medal of Honor
- Rodeo and Wild West Beginnings
- The Wild West Goes Wild
- Sitting Bull
- Annie Oakley
- Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
- The Wild West Is the Toast of Europe
- and Everywhere Else
- Indians
- A Congress of Rough Riders
- Divorce Trials
- Cody, Wyoming
- The Death of the Great Showman
- Buffalo Bill's Legacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Henry Putney Beers Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780786499533
- 0786499532
- OCLC:
- 1133655365
- Publisher Number:
- 99985422659
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