Four Years in Europe with Buffalo Bill
Author | : Charles Eldridge Griffin |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 197 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780803234666 |
ISBN-13 | : 080323466X |
Rating | : 4/5 (66X Downloads) |
Download or read book Four Years in Europe with Buffalo Bill written by Charles Eldridge Griffin and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody was the entertainment industry's first international celebrity, achieving worldwide stardom with his traveling Wild West show. For three decades he operated and appeared in various incarnations of "the western world's greatest traveling attraction," enthralling audiences around the globe. When the show reached Europe it was a sensation, igniting "Wild West fever" by offering what purported to be a genuine experience of the American frontier.