Last of the great scouts : the life story of Col. William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill," as told by his sister.
Wetmore, Helen Cody.
1965
F594 .C692 1965
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Title Last of the great scouts : the life story of Col. William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill," as told by his sister.
Author Wetmore, Helen Cody.
Alternate Title Life story of William Cody.
Imprint Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1965?]
Language English
Description xvi 296 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm.
Call Number F594 .C692 1965
Dewey Decimal Classification 923.973
Summary The American legend that is Buffalo Bill Cody was formed from three main sources: the man, the Wild West Show, and the printed word. Helen Cody was the fourth of five daughters of the Isaac Cody family. Her brother, Bill, was four years older and she idolized him. Although Mrs. Wetmore stated that she told "a plain unvarnished tale" and that "embarrassed by riches of fact I have had no thought of fiction," the book treats fact lightly. Its obvious exaggerations and inventions not only helped to establish the Buffalo Bill legend but they also gave ammunition to the debunkers of Cody. It was easy to prove the book to be laced with fiction and it followed that its hero was a fraud. The living hero did not care because he was in show business and knew the value of publicity. - Introduction.
A look at the public life of the man known as a boy Indian-slayer, champion buffalo-hunter, brave soldier, daring scout, intrepid frontiersman, and famous exhibitor and also a son devoted to his widowed mother.
Note "Reproduced from the 1899 edition."
Series Bison book ; BB315.
Available in Other Form Last of the great scouts.
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Introduction
The old homestead in Iowa
Will's first Indian
The shadow of partisan strife
Persecution continues
The "boy extra"
Family defender and household tease
Indian encounter and school-day incidents
Death and burial of Turk
Will as Pony Express rider
Echoes from Sumter
A short but dashing Indian campaign
The mother's last illness
In the secret-service
A rescue and betrothal
Will as a Benedict
How the sobriquet of "Buffalo Bill" was won
Satanta, chief of the Kiowas
Will made chief of scouts
Army life at Fort Mcpherson
Pa-has-ka, the long-haired chief
The hunt of the Grand Duke Alexis
Theatrical experiences
The government's Indian policy
Literary work
First visit to the Valley of the Big Horn
Tour of Great Britain
Return of the "Wild West" to America
A tribute to General Miles
The "Wild West" at the World's Fair
Cody Day at the Omaha Exposition
The last of the great scouts.

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