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Buffalo Bill Biography Book Lifts Truth Over Legend
A nineteenth century portrait of Buffalo Bill Cody is examined in a new study The Making of Buffalo Bill A Study in Heroics which argues the life across journalism showmanship and frontier myth. It notes the Yellow Hand duel and other Indian war feats while highlighting Cody as a crafted icon through publicity and dime novels.
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Buffalo Bill Cody
Yellow Hand
War Bonnet Creek
South Dakota
Cody Memorial Association
Cody
Wyo
Robert Lindneaux
Buffalo Bill
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Salsbury
Johnny Baker
Bill Cody
Plains
Europe
Town
Kansas
Russell
Major
Waddell
Fort Kearney
Neb
Billy Cody
Col. Prentiss Ingraham
Ned Buntline
Wild Bill Hickok
Tall Bull
Summit Springs
Colo
Maj
Frank North
Pawnee
Burke
Lookout Mountain
Denver
Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Yellowstone
TE Ranch
West