Buffalo Bill's America William Cody and the Wild West Show

Name: Buffalo Bill's America William Cody and the Wild West Show
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ISBN: 9780375726583

ISBN-10: 0375726586

ISBN-13: 9780375726583

Edition: N/A

Authors: Louis S. Warren

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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…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/5/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 672
Size: 6.34" wide x 8.03" long x 1.42" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Introduction






Pony Express



The Attack on the Settler's Cabin



The Village . . . The Cyclone



With the Prince of Pistoleers



Guide and Scout



Buffalo Hunt






Theater Star



Indians, Horses



Domesticating the Wild West



The Drama of Civilization: Visual Play and Moral Ambiguity



Wild West London Interlude: Broncho Charlie Miller



Wild West Europe



Ghost Dance Interlude: Standing Bear



Cowboys, Indians, and the Artful Deceptions of Race



Buffalo Bill's America Interlude: The Johnson Brothers






Empire of the Home



Showdown in Cheyenne Interlude: Adele Von Ohl Parker



End of the Trail Notes


Acknowledgments


Index


From the Hardcover edition