The colonel and Little Missie : Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the beginnings of superstardom in America
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New York : Simon & Schuster, c2005.
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245 pages : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Atascadero Library - Adult Nonfiction | 978.02092 | Checked Out | July 13, 2024 |
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2005.
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Book
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-234) and index.
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"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 prote?ge?e, 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.
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