buffalo bill

Recounts Will Cody's, later known as Buffalo Bill, legendary Pony Express ride where he covers 322 miles, using twenty-one horses, and taking over twenty-one hours to complete.

"American Endurance : The Great Cowboy Race and the Vanishing Wild West depicts nine cowboys as they race thousands of miles across the American prairie to the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. At the finish line was Buffalo Bill Cody, who had set up his Wild West Show next to the fair"--Provided by publisher.

A grapic novel biography of American showman Buffalo Bill.

Looks at the life of nineteenth-century legend William Frederick Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill.

Explores the relationship between entertainer and frontierman Buffalo Bill Cody and Dakota Indian chief Sitting Bull.

"Buffalo Bill was the founder and star of the legendary show that featured cowboys, Indians, trick riding, and sharpshooters. But long before stardom, Buffalo Bill-born Billy Cody-had to grow up fast. While homesteading in Kansas just before the Civil War, his family was caught up in the conflict with neighboring Missouri over whether Kansas would enter the Union as a free or slave state. To support his family after a pro-slaver killed his father, Billy-then eleven-herded cattle, worked on wagon trains, and rode the Pony Express. As the violence in Bleeding Kansas escalated, he joined the infamous Jayhawkers, seeking revenge on Missourians, and then became a soldier, scout, and spy in the Civil War-all by age seventeen"--Amazon.com.

Readers learn about the life of Wild West legend Buffalo Bill Cody.

Presents a comprehensive biography of William F. Cody, also known as Buffalo Bill, and chronicles his life as a Pony Express rider, Civil War soldier, buffalo hunter, Indian fighter, cavalry scout, and organizer of one of the most celebrated Wild West shows in history.

A journey into Americas' wild West from Buffalo Bill to the resurrection of the native Americans.