Buffalo Bill from prairie to palace /

Buffalo Bill from prairie to palace /

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Bibliographic Details
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.
Subject:	Buffalo Bill, -- 1846-1917. Buffalo Bill, -- 1846-1917. Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography. Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) Entertainers -- United States -- Biography. Entertainers. Frontier and pioneer life. Pioneers. West (U.S.) -- Biography. United States. West United States. Electronic books. Biographies.
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

Table of Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editor's Preface; Introduction: The Mysterious Major Burke; Acknowledgments; Buffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace; Notes; Bibliography; Index