Buffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace by John M Burke PAPERBACK 9780803240728

Buffalo Bill from Prairie to PalaceAuthor(s): John M. Burke, Chris Dixon, Chris Dixon\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: Bison Books\nISBN-13: 9780803240728, 978-0803240728\nSynopsis\nAdvance man, press agent, and publicist extraordinaire, John M. Burke [tel] was instrumental in turning William F. Cody into the iconic persona of Buffalo Bill. And with this biography, published in 1893, Burke put the finishing touches on the legend that persists to this day. This new, definitive edition includes the full text and all the photographs and line drawings of Burke's original, while providing critical background on the literary sources, historical characters, and events that figure in the work.\n\nWith \""a few plain truths, unadorned,\"" Burke purported to give a frank account of Buffalo Bill's life. Hostile Indians, gunfights, cattle stampedes: Cody's Wild West was fraught with peril at every turn. This \""Chevalier Bayard of American Borderm.