Buffalo Bill on Stage

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In this revision of her earlier book, Buffalo Bill, Actor, Sandra Sagala chronicles the decade and a half of Cody’s life as he crisscrossed the country entertaining millions. She analyzes how the lessons he learned during those theatrical years helped shape his Wild West program as well as Cody, the performer. “Buffalo Bill on Stage is . . . chock full of new information about Buffalo Bill’s formative show business years. Before Buffalo Bill created his Wild West, the Buffalo Bill Combination visited playhouses throughout the United States. Ms. Sagala is the first to provide an in-depth look at the Combination and the important role it played in the development of one of America’s greatest showmen.” —Steve Friesen, Director, Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, Denver, Colorado “Buffalo Bill’s Combination, with its ‘blood and thunder’ Western dramas, led to his world famous Wild West show. Cody more than anyone perpetuated the real and mythical ‘Wild West’ that still captivates world-wide audiences. In her exhaustive research into those early years, Sandra K. Sagala has unearthed a story that is both fascinating and unique—a classic of its kind.” —Joseph G. Rosa, author of They Called Him Wild Bill: The Life and Adventures of James Butler Hickok “Sandra K. Sagala has compiled an exhaustively researched, delightfully entertaining look at Cody’s stage career as he treaded the boards and helped perpetuate his legend. Bill Cody will never be compared to Laurence Olivier, but Sagala certainly deserves an honored place alongside Don Russell, Nellie Yost, Louis Warren, and Buffalo Bill himself.” —Johnny D. Boggs, author of East of the Border Biography • History • American West University of New Mexico Press unmpress.com 800-249-7737 ËxHSKIMGy344274zv*:+:!:+:! isbn 978-0-8263-4427-4 ...