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  • Published: 15 January 2007
  • ISBN: 9780375726583
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 672
  • RRP: $36.99
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Buffalo Bill's America

William Cody and The Wild West Show



A rich and revealing biography and social history of an American cultural icon. First time in paperback.

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.

  • Published: 15 January 2007
  • ISBN: 9780375726583
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 672
  • RRP: $36.99
Categories:

Praise for Buffalo Bill's America

"Engrossing.... A brisk narrative as lively and rip-snorting as any Buffalo Bill spectacular.... This book's considerable achievement lies in its judicious sifting of fact and fiction. All the while, it enlightens and entertains." --The Plain Dealer