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The Colonel And Little Missie: Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, And The Beginnings Of Superstardom In America by McMurtry, Larry
- Bookseller: PTP Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 5669
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0743271718
- ISBN 13: 9780743271714
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
- Place: Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date published: 2005
- Pages: 245
- Size: 6.75 x 9.5 x 1 inches
- Weight: 1.1 pounds
Description
Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2005. The author has chronicled the rise to fame, fortune, and international celebrity of two of the West's most enduring figures, and America's first real superstars. In this dual biography, he explores the lives, the legends, and above all the truths about two larger-than-life American figures. Annie Oakley spent sixteen years with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. 243 pgs. with index.. ISBN: 0-7432-7171-8. Cloth and Hardboard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
Book summary
Larry McMurtry tackles the tale of Buffalo Bill--in his life both as an Indian killer and, later, as a showman--and Annie Oakley, the precocious sharpshooter who appeared with his Wild West Show. As he explores these two highly unusual lives, and leads up to the way they dovetail, McMurtry also sheds light on the American West in the late 19th century: the relations between Indians and whites, the ruthless killings of the Indian Wars, and the dangers and odd alliances of the period.
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