Buffalo Bill's America by Louis S Warren

Buffalo Bill's America by Louis S Warren

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.

W. Louis S. Warren is the W. Louis S. Warren is the W. Louis S. Warren is the W Professor of Western U.S. Turrentine Jackson At the University of California, Davis, I studied history. He is a two-time Caughey Western History Association Prize winner, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a recipient of the American Historical Association's Albert Beveridge Medal and the Bancroft Prize in American History.

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ISBN 13	9780375726583
ISBN 10	0375726586
Title	Buffalo Bill's America
Author	Louis S Warren
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2006-12-05
Number of pages	672
Prizes	Winner of Albert J. Beveridge Award (AHA) 2006
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