a ISBN 0-7432-7171-8

a Original cataloging agency

a Classification number GV1821.B8

b Item number M38 2005

a Dewey Classification 978.02/092/2

a Personal name McMurtry, Larry.

a Title The colonel and Little Missie :

b Remainder of title Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the beginnings of superstardom in America /

c Statement of responsibility, etc Larry McMurtry.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Simon & Schuster,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc c2005.

a Extent 245 p. :

b Other physical details ill. ;

c Dimensions 25 cm.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-234) and index.

a Summary, etc In this dual biography, McMurtry explores the lives, the legends, and above all the truth about two larger-than-life American figures. With his Wild West show, Buffalo Bill Cody helped invent the image of the West that still exists today--cowboys and Indians, rodeo, rough rides, sheriffs and outlaws, trick shooting, Stetsons, and buck-skin. His most celebrated protégée, the short, slight Annie Oakley--born Phoebe Ann Moses in Ohio--spent sixteen years with Buffalo Bill's Wild West, where she entertained Queen Victoria and Kaiser Wilhelm II, among others. Beloved by all who knew her, Oakley became a legend in her own right, and after her death achieved a new lease of fame in the musical Annie, Get Your Gun. They were cultural icons, setting the path for all that followed.--From publisher description.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Entertainers

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Shooters of firearms

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Scouts and scouting

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Wild west shows