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Author : Paul Reddin
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 1999
Wild West Shows written by Paul Reddin and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
The Wild West: a term that conjures up pictures of wagon trains, unspoiled prairies, Indians, rough 'n' ready cowboys, roundups, and buffalo herds. Where did this collection of images come from? Paul Reddin exposes the mythology of the American frontier as a carefully crafted product of the Wild West show. Focusing on such pivotal figures as George Catlin, Buffalo Bill Cody, and Tom Mix, Reddin traces the rise and fall of a popular entertainment shaped out of the "raw material of America." Buffalo Bill and other entertainers capitalized on public fascination with the danger, heroism, and courage associated with the frontier by continually modifying their presentation of the West to suit their audiences. Thus the Wild West show, contrary to its own claims of accuracy and authenticity, was highly selective in its representations of the West as well as widely influential in shaping the public image of life on the Great Plains. A uniquely American entertainment--colorful, energetic, unabashed, and, as Reddin demonstrates, self-made--the Wild West show exerted an appeal that was all but irresistible to a public hovering uncertainly between industrial progress and nostalgia for a romanticized past.
Wild West Shows And The Images Of American Indians 1883 1933
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Author : L. G. Moses
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 1999
Wild West Shows And The Images Of American Indians 1883 1933 written by L. G. Moses and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
Examines the lives and experiences of Show Indians from their own point of view.
Life In A Wild West Show
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Author : Stephen Currie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Life In A Wild West Show written by Stephen Currie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
Discusses life in a Wild West show, including its origins, the show content, the performers, its relation to Native Americans, moving the show, daily life, and the death of the Wild West.
Buffalo Bill S Wild West
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Author : Joy S. Kasson
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2015-12-22
Buffalo Bill S Wild West written by Joy S. Kasson and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-22 with History categories.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West presents a fascinating analysis of the first famous American to erase the boundary between real history and entertainment Canada, 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 American culture, shows us just how we came to imagine our memories.
Buffalo Bill S Wild West America S National Entertainment
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Author : Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1887
Buffalo Bill S Wild West America S National Entertainment written by Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1887 with Wild west shows categories.
Wild West Shows
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Author : Judy Alter
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Release Date : 1997
Wild West Shows written by Judy Alter and has been published by Turtleback Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Describes the rise and fall of Wild West shows and discusses the entertainment's legendary characters, including Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and Pawnee Bill.
Native Performers In Wild West Shows
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Author : Linda Scarangella McNenly
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2015-04-23
Native Performers In Wild West Shows written by Linda Scarangella McNenly and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-23 with Social Science categories.
Now that the West is no longer so wild, it’s easy to dismiss Buffalo Bill Cody’s world-famous Wild West shows as promoters of stereotypes and clichés. But looking at this unique American genre from the Native American point of view provides thought-provoking new perspectives. Focusing on the experiences of Native performers and performances, Linda Scarangella McNenly begins her examination of these spectacles with Buffalo Bill’s 1880s pageants. She then traces the continuing performance of these acts, still a feature of regional celebrations in both Canada and the United States—and even at Euro Disney. Drawing on interviews with contemporary performers and descendants of twentieth-century performers, McNenly elicits insider perspectives to suggest new interpretations of their performances and experiences; she also uses these insights to analyze archival materials, especially photographs. Some Native performers saw Wild West shows not necessarily as demeaning, but rather as opportunities—for travel, for employment, for recognition, and for the preservation and expression of important cultural traditions. Other Native families were able to guide their own careers and even create their own Wild West shows. Today, Native performers at Buffalo Bill Days in Sheridan, Wyoming, wear their own regalia and choreograph their own performances. Through dancing and music, they express their own vision of a contemporary Native identity based on powwow cultures. Proud of their skills and successes, Native performers at Euro Disney are establishing promising careers. The effects of colonialism are undeniable, yet McNenly’s study reveals how these Native peoples have adapted and re-created Wild West shows to express their own identities and to advance their own goals.
Buffalo Bill S Great Wild West Show
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Author : Walter Havighurst
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1957
Buffalo Bill S Great Wild West Show written by Walter Havighurst and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1957 with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show categories.
The exciting story of the most famous live western show America ever produced.
Buffalo Bill S Wild West
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Author : R.L. Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Release Date : 2008-05-15
Buffalo Bill S Wild West written by R.L. Wilson and has been published by Chartwell Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-15 with History categories.
A panoramic celebration of the colorful characters that made up the Wild West shows, with color and black and white photos throughout.
Buffalo Bill S America
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Author : Louis S. Warren
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2007-12-18
Buffalo Bill S America written by Louis S. Warren and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody was the most famous American of his age. He claimed to have worked for the Pony Express when only a boy and to have scouted for General George Custer. But what was his real story? And how did a frontiersman become a worldwide celebrity? In this prize-winning biography, acclaimed author Louis S. Warren explains not only how Cody exaggerated his real experience as an army scout and buffalo hunter, but also how that experience inspired him to create the gigantic, traveling spectacle known as Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. A dazzling mix of Indians, cowboys, and vaqueros, they performed on two continents for three decades, offering a surprisingly modern view of the United States and a remarkably democratic version of its history. This definitive biography reveals the genius of America’s greatest showman, and the startling history of the American West that drove him and his performers to the world stage.