num_pages: 672
description: William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody was the most famous American of his age. He claimed to have worked for the Pony Express when only a boy and to have scouted for General George Custer. But what was his real story? And how did a frontiersman become a worldwide celebrity? In this prize-winning biography, acclaimed author Louis S. Warren explains not only how Cody exaggerated his real experience as an army scout and buffalo hunter, but also how that experience inspired him to create the gigantic, traveling spectacle known as Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. A dazzling mix of Indians, cowboys, and vaqueros, they performed on two continents for three decades, offering a surprisingly modern view of the United States and a remarkably democratic version of its history. This definitive biography reveals the genius of America’s greatest showman, and the startling history of the American West that drove him and his performers to the world stage.
language: English
title: Buffalo Bill's America: William Cody and The Wild West Show
titlecomplete: Buffalo Bill's America: William Cody and The Wild West Show
characters: Buffalo Bill Cody
genres: Biography, Grad School, Westerns, Nonfiction, American History, History
ratings_count: 132
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Albert J. Beveridge Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Caughey Western History Prize, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Spur Award
category: Best Historical Nonfiction
publisher: Vintage