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The colonel and Little Missie : Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the beginnings of superstardom in America

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2005.Description: 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0743271718
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 978.02/092/2 B 22
LOC classification:
  • GV1821.B8 M38 2005
Contents:
The tropes -- The troupes -- Annie -- Grandmother England -- Western heroes, heroines, and villains.
Summary: In this dual biography, McMurtry explores the lives, the legends, and above all the truth about two larger-than-life American figures. With his Wild West show, Buffalo Bill Cody helped invent the image of the West that still exists today--cowboys and Indians, rodeo, rough rides, sheriffs and outlaws, trick shooting, Stetsons, and buck-skin. His most celebrated prot�eg�ee, the short, slight Annie Oakley--born Phoebe Ann Moses in Ohio--spent sixteen years with Buffalo Bill's Wild West, where she entertained Queen Victoria and Kaiser Wilhelm II, among others. Beloved by all who knew her, Oakley became a legend in her own right, and after her death achieved a new lease of fame in the musical Annie, Get Your Gun. They were cultural icons, setting the path for all that followed.--From publisher description.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 978.02 MCM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000559876

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-234) and index.

The tropes -- The troupes -- Annie -- Grandmother England -- Western heroes, heroines, and villains.

In this dual biography, McMurtry explores the lives, the legends, and above all the truth about two larger-than-life American figures. With his Wild West show, Buffalo Bill Cody helped invent the image of the West that still exists today--cowboys and Indians, rodeo, rough rides, sheriffs and outlaws, trick shooting, Stetsons, and buck-skin. His most celebrated prot�eg�ee, the short, slight Annie Oakley--born Phoebe Ann Moses in Ohio--spent sixteen years with Buffalo Bill's Wild West, where she entertained Queen Victoria and Kaiser Wilhelm II, among others. Beloved by all who knew her, Oakley became a legend in her own right, and after her death achieved a new lease of fame in the musical Annie, Get Your Gun. They were cultural icons, setting the path for all that followed.--From publisher description.

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