Buffalo Bill's America : William Cody and the Wild West Show /

Buffalo Bill's America : William Cody and the Wild West Show /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Warren, Louis S.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
Description:	xvi, 652 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Buffalo Bill, -- 1846-1917. Buffalo Bill, -- 1846-1917. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. 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. United States, West. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5786581

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ISBN:	0375412166 (hardcover)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Part One.
One. Pony Express
Two. The Attack on the Settler's Cabin
Three. The Village . . . The Cyclone
Four. With the Prince of Pistoleers
Five. Guide and Scout
Six. Buffalo Hunt
Part Two.
Seven. Theater Star
Eight. Indians, Horses
Nine. Domesticating the Wild West
Ten. The Drama of Civilization: Visual Play and Moral Ambiguity
Eleven. Wild West London Interlude: Broncho Charlie Miller
Twelve. Wild West Europe
Thirteen. Ghost Dance Interlude: Standing Bear
Fourteen. Cowboys, Indians, and the Artful Deceptions of Race
Fifteen. Buffalo Bill's America Interlude: The Johnson Brothers
Part Three.
Sixteen. Empire of the Home
Seventeen. Showdown in Cheyenne Interlude: Adele Von Ohl Parker
Eighteen. End of the Trail
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index