Buffalo Bill's Wild West: Celebrity, Memory, and Popular History
- ISBN-10
- 0809032449
- ISBN-13
- 9780809032440
- Series
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-10-17
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Joy S. Kasson
Description
Retracing the rise of Buffalo Bill from scout to international celebrity, this chronicle of one of the great entertainers of American history explores the relationship between history and celebrity in nineteenth-century America and reveals how William Cody exploited his audience's memory of history. Reprint.
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