Bøger af William F. Cody

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.

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William F. Cody levde ett mycket spannande liv och det mesta ryms i denna sjalvbiografi. Han var redan som ung en mycket skicklig ryttare och fick manga uppdrag som spejare och depeschryttare inom militaren. Han kom att kallas "e;Buffalo Bill"e; och reste runt hela Amerika med sin vilda vastern-cirkus. Under sin livstid traffade han, forutom kungligheter och andra beromda, aven fargstarka personligheter som Sitting Bull, Wild Bill Hickock och Texas Jack.-

The scope of this story written by Colonel Henry Inman and Colonel W. F. "Wild Bill" Cody is to present the story of the Trail in the days long before the building of a railroad was believed possible. It deals with the era of the trapper, the scout, the savage, and the passage of emigrants to the gold fields of California, when the only route was by the overland trail, and with the adventures which marked the long and weary march.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

"Buffalo Bill" Cody describes his Wild West exhibition, the show that offered audiences a mythic experience of the American frontier

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

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.