The Life and Legacy of Annie Oakley (Oklahoma Western Biographies, Vol 7) - Hardcover

Riley, Glenda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0806126566 ISBN 13: 9780806126562

Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1994

Synopsis

A biography of America's greatest female sharpshooter delves beneath her popular image to reveal a conservative but competitive woman who wanted to succeed

About this title

About the Author:

Glenda Riley is Alexander M. Bracken Professor Emeritus of History at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, and a past President of the Western History Association. Published works she has authored include Women and Nature: Saving the “Wild” West and Inventing the American Woman

From Booklist:

To provide a factual and intimate biography of Annie Oakley, the legendary female sharpshooter and star of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show, Riley attempts to place her seemingly mythical subject firmly into historical, cultural, and sociological contexts. While faithfully recounting Oakley's personal and professional chronology and impressive list of accomplishments, the author also offers an interpretive view of Annie's highly successful effort to reconcile her public image as a resourceful and athletic western woman with her private perception of herself as a genteel Victorian lady and a model wife. What emerges is a multidimensional portrait of an entertainer and a businesswoman whose enduring fame and popularity both reflected and defied the conventions of her era. Unlike many previous Oakley biographers, Riley moves well beyond the realm of folklore, producing an insightful and original account of the life, the times, and the significance of a uniquely American heroine. Margaret Flanagan

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0806126566
• ISBN 13: 9780806126562
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 252