The colonel and Little Missie: Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the beginnings of superstardom in America
Biography, Women biography
Human-narrated audio
Summary
From the early 1800s to the end of his life in 1917, Buffalo Bill Cody was as famous as anyone could be. With his Wild West show, he helped invent the image of the West that still exists today -… cowboys and Indians, rodeo, sheriffs and outlaws, trick shooting, Stetsons, and buck-skin. Annie Oakley was his most celebrated protégée, who could outshoot anybody while entertaining Queen Victoria, Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, and Kaiser Wilhelm II, among others. To each other, they were always "Missie" and "Colonel". To the rest of the world, they were cultural icons, setting the path for all that followed. 2005.