Buffalo Bill : Scout, Showman, Visionary

English

ISBN: 1555917194

EAN: 9781555917197

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts/Biography & Autobiography / General/Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers/

Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing

Release Date: 05/01/2010

Synopsis: William F. Buffalo Bill Cody was Americas first celebrity. He lived during a time of great geographic and technological expansion, a time when American mass media became dominant. Cody was there at every step, the right person at the right place at the right time. It was through those brilliant efforts that Cody the man became Buffalo Bill the celebrity and, eventually, Buffalo Bill the legend.Buffalo Bill: Scout, Showman, Visionary stands apart from other historical tributes to Buffalo Bills life and times. Based upon the collection of the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, this book provides a new perspective on William F. Cody through a detailed look at his personal effects and memorabilia from his larger-than-life shows.Steve Friesen is the director of the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave. Like Buffalo Bill, Friesen was raised in Kansas. He attended Bethel College in Newton, once characterized by Buffalo Bill as the wildest and wickedest town in the West. Friesen has a masters degree in American folk culture from the State University of New Yorks Cooperstown Graduate Program. Hes married to Monta Lee Dakin, whom he met at a national museum conference in Philadelphia. They married the following year and have two children.

Buffalo Bill : Scout, Showman, Visionary

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Width: 9.0 inches

Length: 8.5 inches

Weight: 23.56 oz

Pages: 144