America's Best Female Sharpshooter The Rise and Fall of Lillian Frances Smith |
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| Author:
| Bricklin, Julia |
| Series title: | William F. Cody Series on the History and Culture of the American West Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8061-5633-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2017 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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Drawing on family records, press accounts, interviews, and numerous other sources, historian Julia Bricklin peels away the myths that enshroud Smith's fifty-year career. Known as "The California Huntress" before she was ten years old, Smith was a professional sharpshooter by the time she reached her teens, shooting targets from the back of a galloping horse in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West.
Drawing on family records, press accounts, interviews, and numerous other sources, historian Julia Bricklin peels away the myths that enshroud Smith's fifty-year career. Known as "The California Huntress" before she was ten years old, Smith was a professional sharpshooter by the time she reached her teens, shooting targets from the back of a galloping horse in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West.