The colonel and Little Missie
Subtitle: Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley,  and the beginnings of superstardom in America
By: Larry McMurtry
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780743271714
Subjects: Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company; Scharfschütze; Wild west shows; Wild west show; Entertainers; Scouts (Reconnaissance); Shooters of firearms; Biography
Description: In this dual biography, McMurtry explores the lives, the legends, and above all the truth about two larger-than-life American figures. With his Wild West show, Buffalo Bill Cody helped invent the image of the West that still exists today--cowboys and Indians, rodeo, rough rides, sheriffs and outlaws, trick shooting, Stetsons, and buck-skin. His most celebrated protégée, the short, slight Annie Oakley--born Phoebe Ann Moses in Ohio--spent sixteen years with Buffalo Bill's Wild West, where she entertained Queen Victoria and Kaiser Wilhelm II, among others. Beloved by all who knew her, Oakley became a legend in her own right, and after her death achieved a new lease of fame in the musical Annie, Get Your Gun. They were cultural icons, setting the path for all that followed.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-234) and index.
Table of contents: title: The tropes; title: The troupes; title: Annie; title: Grandmother England; title: Western heroes, heroines, and villains.