The Life of Buffalo Bill
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The popular history of William Frederick âBuffalo Billâ Cody remains more myth than anything else, yet itâs undeniable that he was a central figure in the American Old West. Pony Express rider, stagecoach driver, trapper, soldier, bison hunter, scout, showmanâhis rÃĐsumÃĐ reads like the quintessential record of all that makes up the Old West mythology, and itâs all documented in this, his original 1879 autobiography.
While The Life of Buffalo Bill is rife with the dramatic stylings of the dime novels and stage melodramas so popular at the time, in it Cody presents his version of his life: from his boyhood settling in the newly-opened Kansas territory, to his early life as a frontiersman. It was written when Cody was only thirty-three years old, just after he started his career as a showman and a few years before he created his world famous Buffalo Billâs Wild West show. Originally titled The Life of Hon.
The Life of Buffalo Bill reveals much about both the historical William F. Cody and the Buffalo Bill of American legend, and gives insight into the history of the American West.
