Download or read book The Life of Hon William F Cody Known as Buffalo Bill the Famous Hunter Scout and Guide written by Buffalo Bill and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of Hon William F Cody Known as Buffalo Bill the Famous Hunter Scout and Guide An Autobiography written by Buffalo Bill and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Download or read book The Life of Hon William F Cody Known As Buffalo Bill written by Buffalo Bill and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We got more provisions for our whiskey than the same money, which we paid for the liquor, would have bought; so after all it proved a very profitable investment." -Buffalo Bill The life and adventures of Hon. William F. Cody--Buffalo Bill--as told by himself, make up a narrative which reads more like romance than reality, and which in many respects will prove a valuable contribution to the records of our Western frontier history. While no literary excellence is claimed for the narrative, it has the greater merit of being truthful, and is verified in such a manner that no one can doubt its veracity. The frequent reference to such military men as Generals Sheridan, Carr, Merritt, Crook, Terry, Colonel Royal, and other officers under whom Mr. Cody served as scout and guide at different times and in various sections of the frontier, during the numerous Indian campaigns of the last ten or twelve years, affords ample proof of his genuineness as a thoroughbred scout. There is no humbug or braggadocio about Buffalo Bill. He is known far and wide, and his reputation has been earned honestly and by hard work. By a combination of circumstances he was educated to the life of a plainsman from his youth up; and not the least interesting portion of his career is that of his early life, passed as it was in Kansas during the eventful and troubleous times connected with the settlement of that state. Spending much time in the saddle, while a mere boy he crossed the plains many times in company with bull-trains; on some of these trips he met with thrilling adventures and had several hairbreadth escapes from death at the hands of Indians. Then, for a while, he was dashing over the plains as a pony-express rider. Soon afterwards, mounted on the high seat of an overland stagecoach, he was driving a six-in-hand team. We next hear of him cracking the bull-whacker's whip, and commanding a wagon-train through a wild and dangerous country to the far West. During the civil war he enlisted as a private, and became a scout with the Union army; since the war he has been employed as hunter, trapper, guide, scout and actor. As a buffalo hunter he has no superior; as a trailer of Indians he has no equal. For many years he has taken an active part in all the principal Indian campaigns on the Western frontier, and as a scout and guide he has rendered inestimable services to the various expeditions which he accompanied. CONTENTS: CHAPTER I. CHILDHOOD. CHAPTER II. EARLY INFLUENCES. CHAPTER III. BOY DAYS IN KANSAS. CHAPTER IV. YOUTHFUL EXPERIENCES. CHAPTER V. IN BUSINESS. CHAPTER VI. HARD TIMES. CHAPTER VII. ACCIDENTS AND ESCAPES. CHAPTER VIII. ADVENTURES ON THE OVERLAND ROAD. CHAPTER IX. FAST DRIVING. CHAPTER X. QUESTIONABLE PROCEEDINGS. CHAPTER XI. A SOLDIER. CHAPTER XII. A WEDDING. CHAPTER XIII. A MILLIONAIRE. CHAPTER XIV. EARNING A TITLE. CHAPTER XV. CHAMPION BUFFALO KILLER. CHAPTER XVI. A COURIER. CHAPTER XVII. AN APPOINTMENT. CHAPTER XVIII. SCOUTING. CHAPTER XIX. A TOUGH TIME. CHAPTER XX. AN EXCITING CHASE. CHAPTER XXI. A MILITARY EXPEDITION. CHAPTER XXII. A DESPERATE FIGHT. CHAPTER XXIII. ADMINISTERING JUSTICE. CHAPTER XXIV. HUNTING EXPEDITIONS. CHAPTER XXV. HUNTING WITH A GRAND DUKE. CHAPTER XXVI. SIGHT-SEEING. CHAPTER XXVII. HONORS. CHAPTER XXVIII. AN ACTOR. CHAPTER XXIX. STARRING. CHAPTER XXX. A RETURN TO THE PLAINS. CHAPTER XXXI. DANGEROUS WORK. CHAPTER XXXII. CONCLUSION.
Download or read book LIFE OF HON WILLIAM F CODY KNO written by 1846-1917 Buffalo Bill and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of Hon William F Cody Known as Buffalo Bill the Famous Hunter Scout and Guide an Autobiography written by 1846-1917 Buffalo Bill and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Life of Hon William F Cody Known as Buffalo Bill the Famous Hunter Scout and Guide written by Buffalo Bill and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Life of Buffalo Bill written by William F. Cody and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-05-11 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popular history of William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody remains more myth than anything else, yet it’s undeniable that he was a central figure in the American Old West. Pony Express rider, stagecoach driver, trapper, soldier, bison hunter, scout, showman—his résumé reads like the quintessential record of all that makes up the Old West mythology, and it’s all documented in this, his original 1879 autobiography. While The Life of Buffalo Bill is rife with the dramatic stylings of the dime novels and stage melodramas so popular at the time, in it Cody presents his version of his life: from his boyhood settling in the newly-opened Kansas territory, to his early life as a frontiersman. It was written when Cody was only thirty-three years old, just after he started his career as a showman and a few years before he created his world famous Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show. Originally titled The Life of Hon. William F. Cody Known as Buffalo Bill the Famous Hunter, Scout, and Guide: An Autobiography, it is an arguably more accurate account of both his life and the American West than the later 1917 autobiography The Great West That Was: “Buffalo Bill’s” Life Story which was ghostwritten by James Montague and published after his death. Although it makes many claims that are disputed today, The Life of Buffalo Bill reveals much about both the historical William F. Cody and the Buffalo Bill of American legend, and gives insight into the history of the American West.
Download or read book The Life of Hon William F Cody Known as Buffalo Bill the Famous Hunter Scout and Guide An Autobiography written by Buffalo Bill and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Download or read book The Life of Hon William F Cody Known as Buffalo Bill written by William F. Cody and published by Bison Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What we know of Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917) is more myth than man. Yet the stage persona that took audiences by storm was based on the very real encounters of William F. Cody with the American West. This autobiography, infused with the drama of dime novels and stage melodramas that would transform the author into an American icon, recounts a boy's move to the Kansas territory, where his father hoped to homestead, and his subsequent life on the frontier, following his career from trapper to buffalo hunter to Army scout, guide, and Indian fighter. Written when Cody was thirty-three years old, this life story captures both the hard reality of frontier life and the sensational image to which a boy of the time might aspire: the Indian fights, buffalo hunting, and Pony Express escapades that popular history contributed to the myth-making of Buffalo Bill. It is this movement between the personal and the mythic, plain facts and tall tales, William F. Cody and Buffalo Bill, that gives this autobiography its fascination and its power. Based on the original 1879 edition, this volume provides a new introduction, historical materials, and twenty-six additional images. It reveals both the William F. Cody of personal history and the Buffalo Bill of American mythology--and, finally, the curious reality that partakes of both. For information about the Buffalo Bill Cody archive, visit www.codyarchive.org.
Download or read book The Life of Hon William F Cody Known as Buffalo Bill written by William F. Cody and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Life of Hon. William F. Cody - Known as Buffalo Bill by William F. Cody
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Download or read book An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill Colonel W F Cody written by Buffalo Bill and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an autobiography of Buffalo Bill. After his father's death, he became a rider for the Pony Express at age 15, and during the American Civil War, he served the Union. One of the most famous and well-known figures of the American Old West, Buffalo Bill's legend began to spread when he was only 23. Shortly thereafter he started performing in shows that displayed cowboy themes and episodes from the frontier and Indian Wars. He founded Buffalo Bill's Wild West, first taking his large company on tours in the United States and, later to Great Britain and continental Europe.
Download or read book The Wild West in England written by William F. Cody and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Army scout, frontiersman, and hero of the American West, William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody was also a shrewd self-promoter, showman, and entrepreneur. In 1888 he published The Story of the Wild West, a collection of biographies of four well-known American frontier figures: Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Kit Carson, and himself. Cody contributed an abridged version of his 1879 autobiography with an addendum titled The Wild West in England, now available in this stand-alone annotated edition, including all the illustrations from the original text along with photographs of Cody and promotional materials. Here Cody describes his Wild West exhibition, the show that offered audiences a mythic experience of the American frontier. Focusing on the show’s first season of performances in England, Cody includes excerpts of numerous laudatory descriptions of his show from the English press as well as stories of his time spent with British nobility—from private performances for Queen Victoria and the Prince and Princess of Wales to dinners and teas with the elite of London society. He depicts himself as an ambassador of American culture, proclaiming that he and his Wild West show prompted the British to “know more of the mighty nation beyond the Atlantic and . . . to esteem us better than at any time within the limits of modern history.”
Download or read book An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill Esprios Classics written by Buffalo Bill and published by . This book was released on 2023-09-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Frederick Cody (February 26, 1846 - January 10, 1917), known as Buffalo Bill, was an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman. He was born in Le Claire, Iowa Territory (now the US. state of Iowa), but he lived for several years in his father's hometown in modern-day Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, before the family returned to the Midwest and settled in the Kansas Territory. Buffalo Bill started working at the age of 11, after his father's death, and became a rider for the Pony Express at age 15. 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, receiving the Medal of Honor in 1872.
Download or read book The Life of Honorable William F Cody written by William F. Cody and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-27 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and adventures of Honorable William F. Cody-Buffalo Bill-as told by himself, make up a narrative which reads more like romance than reality, and which in many respects will prove a valuable contribution to the records of our Western frontier history. While no literary excellence is claimed for the narrative, it has the greater merit of being truthful, and is verified in such a manner that no one can doubt its veracity. The frequent reference to such military men as Generals Sheridan, Carr, Merritt, Crook, Terry, Colonel Royal, and other officers under whom Mr. Cody served as scout and guide at different times and in various sections of the frontier, during the numerous Indian campaigns of the last ten or twelve years, affords ample proof of his genuineness as a thoroughbred scout.
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