02587nam 2200493Ia 450 991097058940332120251117120110.0(CKB)1000000000004666(OCoLC)179155080(CaPaEBR)ebrary5003590(SSID)ssj0000281429(PQKBManifestationID)12052174(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281429(PQKBWorkID)10307125(PQKB)11472099(MiAaPQ)EBC3375094(BIP)7135535(EXLCZ)99100000000000466620020419d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe life of Buffalo Bill or, the life and adventures of William F. Cody, as told by himself /by William F. CodySanta Barbara, Calif. Narrative Pressc20011 online resource (337 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-58976-066-2 Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- CHILDHOOD -- EARLY INFLUENCES -- BOY DAYS IN KANSAS -- YOUTHFUL EXPERIENCES -- IN BUSINESS -- HARD TIMES -- ACCIDENTS AND ESCAPES -- ADVENTURES ON THE OVERLAND ROAD -- FAST DRIVING -- QUESTIONABLE PROCEEDINGS -- A SOLDIER -- A WEDDING -- A MILLIONAIRE -- EARNING A TITLE -- CHAMPION BUFFALO KILLER -- A COURIER -- AN APPOINTMENT -- SCOUTING -- A TOUGH TIME -- AN EXCITING CHASE -- A MILITARY EXPEDITION -- A DESPERATE FIGHT -- ADMINISTERING JUSTICE -- HUNTING EXPEDITION -- HUNTING WITH A GRAND DUKE -- SIGHT SEEING -- HONORS -- AN ACTOR -- STARRING -- I RETURN TO THE PLAINS -- DANGEROUS WORK -- CONCLUSION.As a boy in Kansas, William Cody saw great trains of prairie schooners on their way to Utah and California. Men walked around with knives and pistols casually tucked into their trousers. Kickapoo Indian boys taught Cody to shoot with a bow and arrows. One of Cody's cousins ran away to sea, joined the circus and became a bareback rider. No wonder Billy became the larger-than-life Buffalo Bill -- the possibilities for adventure seemed limitless in the West of the mid-1800's.PioneersWest (U.S.)BiographyFrontier and pioneer lifeWest (U.S.)West (U.S.)BiographyPioneersFrontier and pioneer lifeBuffalo Bill1846-1917.1804825MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970589403321The life of Buffalo Bill4468154UNINA