An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill: Illustrated - Softcover

Bill, Buffalo; Cody, William Frederick

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9781542974707: An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill: Illustrated

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ISBN 10: 1542974704 ISBN 13: 9781542974707

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

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This work includes all the illustrations made by N. C. Wyeth. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846-1917) was an American scout, bison hunter, and showman. He was born in Le Claire, Iowa Territory (now the U.S. state of Iowa), but he lived for several years in his father's hometown in Toronto, Ontario, Canada before the family again moved to the Kansas Territory. Buffalo Bill started working at the age of eleven, after his father's death, and became a rider for the Pony Express at age 14. During the American Civil War, he served the Union from 1863 to the end of the war in 1865. Later he served as a civilian scout for the US Army during the Indian Wars. He received the Medal of Honor in 1872. One of the most colorful figures of the American Old West, Buffalo Bill started performing in shows that displayed cowboy themes and episodes from the frontier and Indian Wars. He founded Buffalo Bill's Wild West in 1883, taking his large company on tours in the United States and, beginning in 1887, in Great Britain and Europe.

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