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Title
Wild West shows / Paul Reddin.
Author
ISBN
0252024648 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780252024641 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0252067878
9780252067877
9780252024641 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0252067878
9780252067877
Published
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1999]
Copyright
©1999
Language
English
Description
xvi, 312 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number
GV1833 .R43 1999
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.8/4/0973
Summary
"The Wild West: a term that conjures up pictures of wagon trains, unsoiled prairies, Indians, rough 'n' ready cowboys, roundups, and buffalo herds. Where did this collection of images come from?" "Paul Reddin exposes the mythology of the American frontier as a carefully crafted product of the Wild West show. Focusing on such pivotal figures as George Catlin, Buffalo Bill Cody, and Tom Mix, Reddin traces the rise and fall of a popular entertainment shaped out of the "raw material of America."" "Buffalo Bill and other entertainers capitalized on public fascination with the danger, heroism, and courage associated with the frontier by continually modifying their presentation of the West to suit their audiences. Thus the Wild West show, contrary to its own claims of accuracy and authenticity, was highly selective in its representations of the West as well as widely influential in shaping the public image of life on the Great Plains. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-300) and index.
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Table of Contents
"The raw material of America": George Catlin and the beginnings of wild west shows
"Trembling excitements and fears": Catlin and the show abroad
"The gladiatorial contest revived": Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in the United States, 1883-87
"To esteem us better": Buffalo Bill Cody before international audiences, 1887-93
"Resplendent realism of glorious war" and decline: Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show after the Columbian Exposition
"An empire within itself": the 101 Ranch and its wild west show
"Rugged virtue in the saddle": Tom Mix from wild west shows to movies and back again.
"Trembling excitements and fears": Catlin and the show abroad
"The gladiatorial contest revived": Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in the United States, 1883-87
"To esteem us better": Buffalo Bill Cody before international audiences, 1887-93
"Resplendent realism of glorious war" and decline: Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show after the Columbian Exposition
"An empire within itself": the 101 Ranch and its wild west show
"Rugged virtue in the saddle": Tom Mix from wild west shows to movies and back again.