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1 online resource (xi, 307 pages) : illustrations |
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Setting the stage -- Treading the boards -- Wild times with Wild Bill -- Border life onstage -- First scalp for Custer -- Incidents and accidents -- Sir Cody, knight of the plains -- Rescuer of the prairie waif -- Exit stage right -- Finale -- Appendix 1 : character lists and program notes for Buffalo Bill's dramas -- Appendix 2 : Buffalo Bill combination's cities and dates -- Appendix 3 : newspaper sources |
| Summary |
Between 1872 and 1886, before he achieved acclaim for his Wild West show, ""Buffalo Bill"" led a troupe of traveling actors known as a Combination across the country performing in frontier melodramas. Biographies of William Frederick Cody rarely address these fourteen rather obscure years when Cody honed the skills that would make him the world-renowned entertainer as he is now remembered. In this revision of her earlier book, Buffalo Bill, Actor, Sandra Sagala chronicles the decade and a half of Cody's life as he crisscrossed the country entertaining millions. She analyzes how the lessons h |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-300) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
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Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 fast |
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Buffalo Bill. swd |
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Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
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Entertainers -- United States -- Biography
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Actors -- United States -- Biography
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Melodrama, American -- History and criticism
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American drama -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Wild west shows -- History -- 19th century
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Actors
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American drama
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Entertainers
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Melodrama, American
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Pioneers
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Wild west shows
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Wild west show
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West (U.S.) -- Biography
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United States
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West United States
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USA
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Biographies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780826344298 |
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0826344291 |
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9780826344298 |
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1283636565 |
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9781283636568 |
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6613949027 |
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9786613949028 |
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