An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill

In his own words, this is the life of William Frederick Cody, known to the world simply as "Buffalo Bill." With showmanship rivaling that of P.T. Barnum, he entertained the world with his famous "Wild West Shows" in the days when memory of the real West was still fresh. Indeed, his shows often featured the living legends-notably the great Sioux Chief Sitting Bull-of that period. But Buffalo Bill was a legend in his own right. He was a trapper, a stagecoach driver, a Pony Express rider,...
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In his own words, this is the life of William Frederick Cody, known to the world simply as "Buffalo Bill." With showmanship rivaling that of P.T. Barnum, he entertained the world with his famous "Wild West Shows" in the days when memory of the real West was still fresh. Indeed, his shows often featured the living legends-notably the great Sioux Chief Sitting Bull-of that period. But Buffalo Bill was a legend in his own right. He was a trapper, a stagecoach driver, a Pony Express rider, a buffalo hunter. Most notably, beginning during the Civil War and extending throughout the great Indian wars, he was the most famous military scout of his time. Cody tells his story without overdue humility. He is obviously proud of his accomplishments, but he is quick to praise others as equally deserving. He mourns the passing of Native American dominance of the plains-of those who had been his courageous adversaries-as much as he mourns the passing of his own frontier era. When he died, in 1917, "Buffalo Bill" was one of the most famous personalities in the Western world.