Buffalo Bill from prairie to palace /

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Author / Creator:Burke, John M., -1917.
Imprint:Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2012.
Description:1 online resource (367 pages).
Language:English
Series:The papers of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody
Papers of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11158092
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Other authors / contributors:Dixon, Chris.
ISBN:9780803244566
0803244568
9780803243897
0803243898
9780803240728
0803240724
1283550806
9781283550802
9786613863256
6613863254
Notes:Originally published: Chicago ; New York : Rand, McNally & Co., 1893.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Advance man, press agent, and publicist extraordinaire, John M. Burke (1842-1917) was instrumental in turning William F. Cody into the iconic persona of Buffalo Bill. And with this biography, published in 1893, Burke put the finishing touches on the legend that persists to this day. This new, definitive edition includes the full text and all the photographs and line drawings of Burke's original, while providing critical background details on the literary sources, historical characters, and events that figure in the work.With "a few plain truths, unadorned," Burke purported to give a.
Other form:Print version: Burke, John M., -1917. Buffalo Bill from prairie to palace. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2012 9780803243897