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Buffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace
John M. Burke
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Description for Buffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace
Paperback. A new, definitive edition of the biography of William Cody or Buffalo Bill includes the full text and all the photographs and line drawings of Burke's original Editor(s): Dixon, Chris. Series: The Papers of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. Num Pages: 400 pages, 15 photographs, 58 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Advance man, press agent, and publicist extraordinaire, John M. Burke (1842–1917) was instrumental in turning William F. Cody into the iconic persona of Buffalo Bill. And with this biography, published in 1893, Burke put the finishing touches on the legend that persists to this day. This new, definitive edition includes the full text and all the photographs and line drawings of Burke’s original, while providing critical background on the literary sources, historical characters, and events that figure in the work.
With “a few plain truths, unadorned,” Burke purported to give a frank account of Buffalo Bill’s life. Hostile Indians, gunfights, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
The Papers of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803240728
SKU
V9780803240728
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About John M. Burke
Chris Dixon is a senior research fellow in the School of Humanities at the University of Strathclyde and editor of Four Years in Europe with Buffalo Bill (available in a Bison Books edition).
Reviews for Buffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace
"A must for Cody enthusiasts."—Johnny D. Boggs, Roundup Magazine "[Buffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace offers] readers a fresh look at Cody and his famous self, Buffalo Bill."—J. Thomas Murphy, Annals of Iowa