Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull :
inventing the Wild West /
Bobby Bridger.
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| Summary: | Army scout, buffalo hunter, Indian fighter, and impresario of the world-renowned "Wild West Show," William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody lived the real American West and also helped create the "West of the imagination." Born in 1846, he took part in the great westward migration, hunted the buffalo, and made friends among the Plains Indians, who gave him the name Pahaska (long hair). But as the frontier closed and his role in "winning the West" passed into legend, Buffalo Bill found himself becoming the symbol of the destruction of the buffalo and the American Indian. Deeply dismayed, he spent the rest of his life working to save the remaining buffalo and to preserve Plains Indian culture through his Wild West shows. |
| In collection: | Stephen Griffin Collection |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published / Created: |
Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2002.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | M.K. Brown range life series ;
no. 21. |
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-470) and index. Physical description: xx, 480 pages ; 25 cm. more |
| Contained in: |
Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull. |
| ISBN: | 029270917X 9780292709171 9780292721630 0292721633 |
| Call Number | View In | Collection |
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GR 6809 |
Offsite |
Griffin |