The colonel and Little Missie : Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the beginnings of superstardom in America / Larry McMurtry.
2005
GV1821.B8 M38 2005 (Mapit)
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Title
The colonel and Little Missie : Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the beginnings of superstardom in America / Larry McMurtry.
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ISBN
0743271718
Publication Details
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2005.
Language
English
Description
245 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
GV1821.B8 M38 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
978.02/092/2 B
Summary
In this dual biography, McMurtry explores the lives, the legends, and above all the truth about two larger-than-life American figures. With his Wild West show, Buffalo Bill Cody helped invent the image of the West that still exists today--cowboys and Indians, rodeo, rough rides, sheriffs and outlaws, trick shooting, Stetsons, and buck-skin. His most celebrated protégée, the short, slight Annie Oakley--born Phoebe Ann Moses in Ohio--spent sixteen years with Buffalo Bill's Wild West, where she entertained Queen Victoria and Kaiser Wilhelm II, among others. Beloved by all who knew her, Oakley became a legend in her own right, and after her death achieved a new lease of fame in the musical Annie, Get Your Gun. They were cultural icons, setting the path for all that followed.--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-234) and index.
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