Buffalo Bill, King of Scouts
Title | Buffalo Bill, King of Scouts PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Hamilton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 1908 |
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Last of the Great Scouts (Buffalo Bill).
Title | Last of the Great Scouts (Buffalo Bill). PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Cody Wetmore |
Publisher | |
Pages | 398 |
Release | 1901 |
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Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull
Title | Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull PDF eBook |
Author | Bobby Bridger |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 510 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780292709171 |
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.
Buffalo Bill's America
Title | Buffalo Bill's America PDF eBook |
Author | Louis S. Warren |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 674 |
Release | 2007-12-18 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 030742510X |
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.
The Poet Scout
Title | The Poet Scout PDF eBook |
Author | Jack Crawford |
Publisher | |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 1889 |
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Buffalo Bill
Title | Buffalo Bill PDF eBook |
Author | Harry Hawkeye |
Publisher | Kessinger Publishing |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 2009-06-01 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9781104627683 |
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Traps for the Young
Title | Traps for the Young PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Comstock |
Publisher | |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 1884 |
Genre | Child welfare |
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