TY - BOOK AU - Sagala,Sandra K. TI - Buffalo Bill on stage SN - 9780826344298 AV - F594.B94 S23 2008 U1 - 978/.02092B 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Albuquerque PB - University of New Mexico Press KW - Buffalo Bill, KW - Buffalo Bill. KW - Pioneers KW - West (U.S.) KW - Biography KW - Entertainers KW - United States KW - Actors KW - Melodrama, American KW - History and criticism KW - American drama KW - 19th century KW - Wild west shows KW - History KW - Artistes du spectacle KW - États-Unis KW - Biographies KW - Acteurs KW - Théâtre américain KW - 19e siècle KW - Histoire et critique KW - Histoire KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY KW - Historical KW - bisacsh KW - HISTORY KW - State & Local KW - Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) KW - West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) KW - fast KW - Wild west show KW - gnd KW - West United States KW - USA KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-300) and index; Setting the stage -- Treading the boards -- Wild times with Wild Bill -- Border life onstage -- First scalp for Custer -- Incidents and accidents -- Sir Cody, knight of the plains -- Rescuer of the prairie waif -- Exit stage right -- Finale -- Appendix 1 : character lists and program notes for Buffalo Bill's dramas -- Appendix 2 : Buffalo Bill combination's cities and dates -- Appendix 3 : newspaper sources; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - Between 1872 and 1886, before he achieved acclaim for his Wild West show, ""Buffalo Bill"" led a troupe of traveling actors known as a Combination across the country performing in frontier melodramas. Biographies of William Frederick Cody rarely address these fourteen rather obscure years when Cody honed the skills that would make him the world-renowned entertainer as he is now remembered. 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 h UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=224173 ER -