Wild West Shows

Description

Describes the rise and fall of Wild West shows and discusses the entertainment's legendary characters, including Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and Pawnee Bill.

First Sentence

Ladies and gentlemen, I have the honor of introducing to your attention a man whose record as a servant of the government, whose skill and daring as a frontiersman, whose place in history as the chief of scouts of the United States Army, . . . whose name as one of the avengers of the lamented Custer, and whose adherence throughout an eventful life to his chosen principle of 'true to friend and foe,' have made him well and popularly known throughout the world. . . .

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