The life of Hon. William F. Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, the famous hunter, scout, and guide: An autobiography (Classics of the Old West) - Hardcover

Buffalo Bill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0809440148 ISBN 13: 9780809440146

Publisher: Time-Life Books, 1982

Synopsis

The real achievements of William F. (Buffalo Bill) Cody as a plainsman, hunter, scout, and Indian fighter have tended to be obscured by his fame as a showman. From its opening performance in 1883, Buffalo Bill's Wild West (it was never advertised as a show or circus) enthralled audiences in America and Europe, urchins and crowned heads alike; and probably no one man did more to establish and ro-manticize the tradition of the old West of cowboy and Indian. Because he personified this tradition, Cody inspired an ocean of literature—dime novels, stories, melodramas, allegedly true accounts of his exploits—which tarnished the credibility of his legend even as it increased his renown.

This Bison Books edition is the first complete reprinting of the original autobiography since it was published in 1879. It covers the years from Cody's birth in 1846 until his thirty-fourth year—the years during which he grew up on the plains, worked for Russell, Majors & Waddell, rode the Pony Express, went on fourteen expeditions against the Indians, and participated in fifteen Indian fights—the years that underpin the legend of Buffalo Bill and earned him the status of an authentic American Hero.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This Bison Books edition is the first complete reprinting of the original autobiography since it was published in 1879. It covers the years from Cody's birth in 1846 until his thirty-fourth year, the years that underpin the legend of Buffalo Bill and earned him the status of an authentic American hero.

About the Author:

Don Russell has also edited Captain Charles King's "Campaigning with Crook "(Norman, 1964). The author of "The Lives and Legends of Buffalo Bill" (Norman, 1960), he was also editor of "The Westerners Brand Book" and an associate editor of the "New Standard Encyclopedia".

About this edition

• Publisher: Time-Life Books
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0809440148
• ISBN 13: 9780809440146
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 365