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New York: Hill and Wang, Date: 2000. Softcover. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. Book displays no wear except for very light edge rubbing. ; Shows how Cody shaped his image, and how he made fact and fiction converge in a performance that instantly became part of American tradition (from back of wrappers). ; 9.0" tall; 319 pages. 2000. Hill and Wang ISBN 0809032449 9780809032440 [US]

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ISBN10: 0809032449, ISBN13: 9780809032440, [publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3PL] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Buffalo Bill's Wild West presents a fascinating analysis of the first famous American to erase the boundary between real history and entertainmentCanada, and Europe. Crowds cheered as cowboys and Indians--and Annie Oakley!--galloped past on spirited horses, sharpshooters exploded glass balls tossed high in the air, and cavalry troops arrived just in time to save a stagecoach from Indian attack. Vivid posters on billboards everywhere made William Cody, the show's originator and star, a world-renowned figure.Joy S. Kasson's important new book traces Cody's rise from scout to international celebrity, and shows how his image was shaped. Publicity stressed his show's 'authenticity' yet audiences thrilled to its melodrama; fact and fiction converged in a performance that instantly became part of the American tradition.But how, precisely, did that come about How, for example, did Cody use his audience's memories of the Civil War and the Indian wars He boasted that his show included participants in the recent conflicts it presented theatrically, yet he also claimed it evoked 'memories' of America's bygone greatness. Kasson's shrewd, engaging study--richly illustrated--in exploring the disappearing boundary between entertainment and public events in ...
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