Tells the story of William F Cody, known to millions for over a century as the legendary Buffalo Bill. He was active on the frontier for about a dozen years (1860-1872) and was an actor and showman in his world-touring "Wild West Show" for more than three decades afterward.
Helen Cody Wetmore was one of five sisters of Buffalo Bill and her book Buffalo Bill was often sold at Buffalo Bill¿s Wild West shows. Joy S. Kasson is chair of the American Studies Department at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is the author of Buffalo Bill¿s Wild West: Celebrity, Memory, and Popular History.
