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Presenting Buffalo Bill : the man who invented the Wild West /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 273 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781596437630
  • 1596437634
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 978/.02092 23
LOC classification:
  • F594 .F63 2016
Contents:
Fanfare -- The boy Will Cody -- Boy on the plains -- Panning for the truth: The Mormon war -- The youngest rider on the Pony Express -- Panning for the truth: The Pony Express -- Becoming Buffalo Bill -- Panning for the truth: Winning the name "Buffalo Bill" -- Panning for the truth: The death of Chief Tall Bull -- Starring Buffalo Bill -- Panning for the truth: Yellow hair -- Rootin', tootin', ropin', shootin' -- Panning for the truth: Native performers -- Rough riders of the world -- Show's end.
Summary: "Everyone knows the name Buffalo Bill, but few these days know what he did or, in some cases, didn't do. Was he a Pony Express rider? Did he serve Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn? Did he scalp countless Native Americans, or did he defend their rights? This, the first significant biography of Buffalo Bill Cody for younger readers in many years, explains it all. With copious archival illustrations, Presenting Buffalo Bill makes the great showman come alive for new generations. Extensive back matter, bibliography, and source notes complete the package.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
JB JB Chamberlin Free Public Library Juvenile Nonfiction JB COD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000547673

"A Neal Porter Book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-236) and index.

Fanfare -- The boy Will Cody -- Boy on the plains -- Panning for the truth: The Mormon war -- The youngest rider on the Pony Express -- Panning for the truth: The Pony Express -- Becoming Buffalo Bill -- Panning for the truth: Winning the name "Buffalo Bill" -- Panning for the truth: The death of Chief Tall Bull -- Starring Buffalo Bill -- Panning for the truth: Yellow hair -- Rootin', tootin', ropin', shootin' -- Panning for the truth: Native performers -- Rough riders of the world -- Show's end.

"Everyone knows the name Buffalo Bill, but few these days know what he did or, in some cases, didn't do. Was he a Pony Express rider? Did he serve Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn? Did he scalp countless Native Americans, or did he defend their rights? This, the first significant biography of Buffalo Bill Cody for younger readers in many years, explains it all. With copious archival illustrations, Presenting Buffalo Bill makes the great showman come alive for new generations. Extensive back matter, bibliography, and source notes complete the package.

Ages 10-14.

Accelerated Reader AR 6.5 10.0 184496.

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