Buffalo Bill's America
William Cody and the Wild West Show
Warren, Louis S.
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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 worldwid
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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 Bills 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 Americas greatest showman, and the startling history of the American West that drove him and his performers to the world stage.
BOOK REVIEWS
The most ambitious book ever published about Cody and his times. No one interested in Buffalo Bill, 19th-century show business or the many meanings of the American West will want to pass it up. The New York Times Book Review
Warren writes with the tireless ebullience of a scholar in love with his material. . . . The grocery tabloids missed a good thing by not being around when Buffalo Bill was king of the box office. The New York Review of Books
Meticulously researched and entertaining. . . . A fascinating and accessible study of a man who . . . can still teach us today about how things are not always what they appear to be. The Portland Oregonian
Not just a biography but an examination of the cultures of the eastern United States and Europe and their relationship with the American West. The Denver Post
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ISBN: 0375726586
ISBN(13-digit): 9780375726583
Dewey Decimal: 920
Library of Congress: oc2007056389
Book Publisher: Random House Inc
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 652
Paper Weight (lb): 1.36 lb
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