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Author : Don Russell
Release : 1960
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 375/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Lives and Legends of Buffalo Bill by : Don Russell
Download or read book The Lives and Legends of Buffalo Bill written by Don Russell. This book was released on 1960. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attempts to discern the truths behind the legends built up around his career.
Author : William F. Cody
Release : 2021-04-20T20:39:45Z
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis The Life of Buffalo Bill by : William F. Cody
Download or read book The Life of Buffalo Bill written by William F. Cody. This book was released on 2021-04-20T20:39:45Z. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popular history of William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody remains more myth than anything else, yet it’s undeniable that he was a central figure in the American Old West. Pony Express rider, stagecoach driver, trapper, soldier, bison hunter, scout, showman—his résumé reads like the quintessential record of all that makes up the Old West mythology, and it’s all documented in this, his original 1879 autobiography. While The Life of Buffalo Bill is rife with the dramatic stylings of the dime novels and stage melodramas so popular at the time, in it Cody presents his version of his life: from his boyhood settling in the newly-opened Kansas territory, to his early life as a frontiersman. It was written when Cody was only thirty-three years old, just after he started his career as a showman and a few years before he created his world famous Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show. Originally titled The Life of Hon. William F. Cody Known as Buffalo Bill the Famous Hunter, Scout, and Guide: An Autobiography, it is an arguably more accurate account of both his life and the American West than the later 1917 autobiography The Great West That Was: “Buffalo Bill’s” Life Story which was ghostwritten by James Montague and published after his death. Although it makes many claims that are disputed today, The Life of Buffalo Bill reveals much about both the historical William F. Cody and the Buffalo Bill of American legend, and gives insight into the history of the American West. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
Author : Candace Fleming
Release : 2016-09-20
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 634/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Presenting Buffalo Bill by : Candace Fleming
Download or read book Presenting Buffalo Bill written by Candace Fleming. This book was released on 2016-09-20. 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 : Buffalo Bill
Release : 1879
Genre : Cowboys
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Book Synopsis The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide by : Buffalo Bill
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. This book was released on 1879. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bobby Bridger
Release : 2002
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 171/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull by : Bobby Bridger
Download or read book Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull written by Bobby Bridger. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Army scout, buffalo hunter, Indian fighter, and impresario of the world-renowned "Wild West Show," William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody lived the real American West and also helped create the "West of the imagination." Born in 1846, he took part in the great westward migration, hunted the buffalo, and made friends among the Plains Indians, who gave him the name Pahaska (long hair). But as the frontier closed and his role in "winning the West" passed into legend, Buffalo Bill found himself becoming the symbol of the destruction of the buffalo and the American Indian. Deeply dismayed, he spent the rest of his life working to save the remaining buffalo and to preserve Plains Indian culture through his Wild West shows. This biography of William Cody focuses on his lifelong relationship with Plains Indians, a vital part of his life story that, surprisingly, has been seldom told. Bobby Bridger draws on many historical accounts and Cody's own memoirs to show how deeply intertwined Cody's life was with the Plains Indians. In particular, he demonstrates that the Lakota and Cheyenne were active cocreators of the Wild West shows, which helped them preserve the spiritual essence of their culture in the reservation era while also imparting something of it to white society in America and Europe. This dual story of Buffalo Bill and the Plains Indians clearly reveals how one West was lost, and another born, within the lifetime of one remarkable man.
