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1920 Buffalo Bill's Life Story an Autobiography

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1920 Buffalo Bill's Life Story an Autobiography
For your consideration is a First Edition of "Buffalo Bill's Life Story- An Autobiography", 1920, Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth, Cosmopolitan Book Corporation New York publisher. The thrilling autobiography told in Colonel Cody's own graphic language, the wonderful story of his long eventful and heroic career. William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody (1846– 1917) was an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman. Buffalo Bill started working at the age of eleven, after his father’s death, and became a rider for the Pony Express at age 15. During the American Civil War, he served the Union from 1863 to the end of the war in 1865. Later he served as a civilian scout for the US Army during the Indian Wars, receiving the Medal of Honor in 1872. One of the most famous and well-known figures of the American Old West, Buffalo Bill’s legend began to spread when he was only 23. Shortly thereafter he started performing in shows that displayed cowboy themes and episodes from the frontier and Indian Wars. He founded Buffalo Bill’s Wild West in 1883, taking his large company on tours in the United States and, beginning in 1887, in Great Britain and continental Europe. Publisher's brown pictorial cloth, upper cover and spine titled "Buffalo Bill's Life Story An Autography", nice photo frontispiece. The brown cloth illustrated hardcover depicts Indian warrior shooting with the sun's rays washing over him, is in nice condition, scuffing exhibited to edges. Intact pages exhibit age tanning, moisture staining, bottom edge staining. Measures 5"W x 7.5"L x 1.25"D.