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050 00 $aF594$b.C692 1965
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086 $aU5000 T372 -1965$2nbdocs
100 1 $aWetmore, Helen Cody.
245 10 $aLast of the great scouts :$bthe life story of Col. William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill," as told by his sister.
260 $aLincoln :$bUniversity of Nebraska Press,$c[1965?]
300 $axvi 296 pages :$billustrations, portraits ;$c21 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aA Bison book, BB315
500 $a"Reproduced from the 1899 edition."
505 0 $aIntroduction -- The old homestead in Iowa -- Will's first Indian -- The shadow of partisan strife -- Persecution continues -- The "boy extra" -- Family defender and household tease -- Indian encounter and school-day incidents -- Death and burial of Turk -- Will as Pony Express rider -- Echoes from Sumter -- A short but dashing Indian campaign -- The mother's last illness -- In the secret-service -- A rescue and betrothal -- Will as a Benedict -- How the sobriquet of "Buffalo Bill" was won -- Satanta, chief of the Kiowas -- Will made chief of scouts -- Army life at Fort Mcpherson -- Pa-has-ka, the long-haired chief -- The hunt of the Grand Duke Alexis -- Theatrical experiences -- The government's Indian policy -- Literary work -- First visit to the Valley of the Big Horn -- Tour of Great Britain -- Return of the "Wild West" to America -- A tribute to General Miles -- The "Wild West" at the World's Fair -- Cody Day at the Omaha Exposition -- The last of the great scouts.
520 $aThe American legend that is Buffalo Bill Cody was formed from three main sources: the man, the Wild West Show, and the printed word. Helen Cody was the fourth of five daughters of the Isaac Cody family. Her brother, Bill, was four years older and she idolized him. Although Mrs. Wetmore stated that she told "a plain unvarnished tale" and that "embarrassed by riches of fact I have had no thought of fiction," the book treats fact lightly. Its obvious exaggerations and inventions not only helped to establish the Buffalo Bill legend but they also gave ammunition to the debunkers of Cody. It was easy to prove the book to be laced with fiction and it followed that its hero was a fraud. The living hero did not care because he was in show business and knew the value of publicity. - Introduction.
520 $aA look at the public life of the man known as a boy Indian-slayer, champion buffalo-hunter, brave soldier, daring scout, intrepid frontiersman, and famous exhibitor and also a son devoted to his widowed mother.
600 00 $aBuffalo Bill,$d1846-1917.
650 0 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zWest (U.S.)
650 0 $aWild west shows.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
600 07 $aBuffalo Bill,$d1846-1917.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00050896
650 7 $aFrontier and pioneer life.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00935370
650 7 $aWild west shows.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01175145
651 7 $aUnited States.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204155
651 7 $aUnited States, West.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01243255
648 7 $a1800-1999$2fast
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
740 0 $aLife story of William Cody.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aWetmore, Helen Cody.$tLast of the great scouts.$dLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [l965?]$w(OCoLC)744561537
830 0 $aBison book ;$vBB315.
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$n65013258
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