Buffalo Bill Cody

Author : Louis S. Warren
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 030742510X
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buffalo Bill's America written by Louis S. Warren and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Candace Fleming
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1596437634
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Presenting Buffalo Bill written by Candace Fleming and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Don Russell
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806115375
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lives and Legends of Buffalo Bill written by Don Russell and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1960 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attempts to discern the truths behind the legends built up around his career.

Author : Buffalo Bill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide written by Buffalo Bill and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William F. Cody
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9781589760660
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life of Buffalo Bill written by William F. Cody and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2001-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cody was born in 1845, during the period of the great Westward migrations, and lived right in the middle of it all. Pioneers, horse thieves, cattle rustlers, Indians, soldiers, scouts, and hunters - Cody knew them all and they're all here. He led wagon trains, drove stage coaches, and rode for the pony express. He was a scout for the Union during the Civil War, and got his name for his skill in buffalo hunting, and even knew Wild Bill Hickock and Kit Carson.

Author : Ronald A. Reis
Publisher : Facts On File
ISBN 13 : 9781604135282
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buffalo Bill Cody written by Ronald A. Reis and published by Facts On File. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William "Buffalo Bill" Cody was a "boy extra," a bullwhacker, cattle driver, hunter, and an American Indian fighter on the Great Plains of the 1850s, all before becoming a teenager. He claimed to have killed nearly 5,000 buffalo to supply construction crews of the Kansas Pacific Railroad and to have ridden for the Pony Express. Later, he transformed himself into a showman with the establishment of his Wild West arena extravaganza. Part circus, part rodeo, part history-the show played to enthusiastic crowds across the United States and Europe for three decades. For a time, Buffalo Bill Cody was possibly the most famous man in the world. Though Cody made huge sums with the Wild West show, he died a poor man in 1917. Legends of the Wild West brings to life the fascinating history, lore, and culture of the great American frontier from west of the Mississippi River to the wide expanses of the western prairies and deserts. Each volume is a compelling portrait of the best-known frontiersmen, women, and settlers of the West. Book jacket.

Author : Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.8T/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World written by Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful full color litho cover, stagecoach under attack from Indians, cameo portrait of W.F. Cody.

Author : Robert A. Carter
Publisher : Castle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780785820376
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buffalo Bill Cody written by Robert A. Carter and published by Castle Books. This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Andrea Warren
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781477828717
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boy who Became Buffalo Bill written by Andrea Warren and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how the man who became the most famous entertainer of his time and a legend of the -Wild West- grew up amid a violent regional conflict that would soon tear apart the nation.

Author : William F. Cody
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803244665
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wild West in England written by William F. Cody and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Army scout, frontiersman, and hero of the American West, William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody was also a shrewd self-promoter, showman, and entrepreneur. In 1888 he published The Story of the Wild West, a collection of biographies of four well-known American frontier figures: Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Kit Carson, and himself. Cody contributed an abridged version of his 1879 autobiography with an addendum titled The Wild West in England, now available in this stand-alone annotated edition, including all the illustrations from the original text along with photographs of Cody and promotional materials. Here Cody describes his Wild West exhibition, the show that offered audiences a mythic experience of the American frontier. Focusing on the show’s first season of performances in England, Cody includes excerpts of numerous laudatory descriptions of his show from the English press as well as stories of his time spent with British nobility—from private performances for Queen Victoria and the Prince and Princess of Wales to dinners and teas with the elite of London society. He depicts himself as an ambassador of American culture, proclaiming that he and his Wild West show prompted the British to “know more of the mighty nation beyond the Atlantic and . . . to esteem us better than at any time within the limits of modern history.”