Buffalo Bill's Wild West Celebrity, Memory, and Popular History

Name: Buffalo Bill's Wild West Celebrity, Memory, and Popular History
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ISBN: 9780809032440

ISBN-10: 0809032449

ISBN-13: 9780809032440

Edition: N/A

Authors: Joy S. Kasson

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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;…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 10/17/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English