Buffalo Bill on Stage

by Sandra K. Sagala

Overview

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 he learned during those theatrical years helped shape his Wild West program, as well as Cody, the performer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826344274
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	05/16/2008
Pages:	319
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Sandra K. Sagala is the author of articles, "Buffalo Bill Cody v. Doc Carver: The Battle Over the Wild West" and "Mark Twain and Buffalo Bill Cody: Mirrored Through a Glass Darkly" and coauthor with JoAnne M. Bagwell of Alias Smith and Jones: The Story of Two Pretty Good Bad Men. She lives in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     ix
Introduction     1
Setting the Stage     7
Treading the Boards     17
Wild Times with Wild Bill     43
Border Life Onstage     61
First Scalp for Custer     77
Incidents and Accidents     101
Sir Cody, Knight of the Plains     123
Rescuer of the Prairie Waif     147
Exit Stage Right     167
Finale     191
Character Lists and Program Notes for Buffalo Bill's Dramas     205
Buffalo Bill Combination's Cities and Dates     226
Newspaper Sources     247
Notes     265
Bibliography     293
Index     301