@article{290856, recid = {290856}, author = {McMurtry, Larry.}, title = {The colonel and Little Missie : Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the beginnings of superstardom in America /}, publisher = {Simon & Schuster,}, address = {New York :}, pages = {245 p. :}, year = {2005}, abstract = {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.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/290856}, }