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The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill

By: William F. Cody,Buffalo Bill

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By: William F. Cody,Buffalo Bill

What we know of Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917) is more myth than man. Yet the stage persona that took audiences by storm was based on the very real encounters of William F. Cody with the American West. This autobiography, infused with the drama of dime novels and stage melodramas that would transform the author into an American icon, recounts a boy's move to the Kansas territory, where his father hoped to homestead, and his subsequent life on the frontier, following his career from trapper to buffalo hunter to Army scout, guide, and Indian fighter. Written when Cody was thirty-three years old, this life story captures both the hard reality of frontier life and the sensational image to which a boy of the time might aspire: the Indian fights, buffalo hunting, and Pony Express escapades that popular history contributed to the myth-making of Buffalo Bill. It is this movement between the personal and the mythic, plain facts and tall tales, William F. Cody and Buffalo Bill, that gives this autobiography its fascination and its power. Based on the original 1879 edition, this volume provides a new introduction, historical materials, and twenty-six additional images. It reveals both the William F. Cody of personal history and the Buffalo Bill of American mythology--and, finally, the curious reality that partakes of both. For information about the Buffalo Bill Cody archive, visit www.codyarchive.org.

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0803232918

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9780803232914

The Life of Buffalo Bill

By: William F. Cody

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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.

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9791041805617

The Life of Hon. William F. Cody - Known as Buffalo Bill

By: William F. Cody

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3734091950

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9783734091957

The Life of Hon. William F. Cody

By: William Frederick Cody

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William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody was an American soldier, buffalo hunter and showman, and one of the most colourful figures of the Old West.

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1406513423

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The Life of William F. Cody - Buffalo Bill

By: William F. Cody

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The remarkable life and adventures of Buffalo Bill, as seen through his own eyes. From his early life as a scout, trapper and Pony Express rider to his eventual fame as an iconic showman and theater producer. More entertaining and even more larger than life than most Wild West fiction, that came after it, this classic, action-filled autobiography has plenty of cowboys, saloons and shoot outs. "The Life of William F. Cody - Buffalo Bill" vividly captures the peak of a time and a place, that long since has passed into American folklore. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846-1917) was an American scout, buffalo hunter, gold prospector, and showman. Rising to fame at only 23 years old, he was one of the most iconic figures of the American Old West in his time.

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Lindhardt og Ringhof

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9176394069

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The Life of Hon. William F. Cody - Known as Buffalo Bill

The Life of Hon. William F. Cody - Known as Buffalo Bill

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