Story of the Wild West and Camp-Fire Chats: A Full and Complete History of the Renowned Pioneer Quartette, Boone, Crockett, Carson and Buffalo Bill Re, 1846-1917 Buffalo Bill
Автор: Buffalo Bill, Buffalo Bill 1846-1917 Название: The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill ISBN: 0803236190 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780803236196 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 10296.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
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.
Автор: Cody William F., Buffalo Bill, Buffalo Bill 1846-1917 Название: The Wild West in England ISBN: 080324388X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780803243880 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 12276.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: William F. ""Buffalo Bill"" Cody was a shrewd self-promoter, showman, and entrepreneur. In 1888 he published a collection of biographies of four well-known American frontier figures. Cody contributed an abridged version of his autobiography with an addendum titled The Wild West in England, now available in this stand-alone annotated edition.
