The boy who became Buffalo Bill : growing up Billy Cody in bleeding Kansas

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Explores how the man who became the most famous entertainer of his time and a legend of the "Wild West" grew up amid a violent regional conflict that would soon tear apart the nation.

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ISBN:

9781477828717
9781477827185
1477828710
1477827188

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xiii, 241 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-216) and index

Contents:

A note of caution to readers
Use of terminology in this book
Prologue, 1894
Losing Sam
On the road to Kansas
Slavery becomes real
Billy visits Fort Leavenworth
Arriving in the promised land
At home in the valley
Isaac Cody's bloody trail
Pro-slave or free state?
Billy sounds the alarm
Billy meets the abolitionists
John Brown's war in Kansas
Father
Billy the hero
Trouble with the Mormons
Billy and the Indians
Billy rides the Pony Express
Bily's volunteer war
Billy joins the red legs
Quantrill takes revenge
Mother
Private Cody : scout and spy
A soldier's life
Becoming Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill's Wild West
The later life and legacy of the boy from Bleeding Kansas
More about Buffalo Bill and his times

LCCN:

2017275002

Control Number:

2374038

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