Research Catalog
Wild West shows
- Title
- Wild West shows / Paul Reddin.
- Author
- Reddin, Paul.
- Publication
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1999.
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 312 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Wild west shows > United States > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-300) and index.
- Contents
- "The raw material of America": George Catlin and the beginnings of wild west shows -- "Trembling excitements and fears": Catlin and the show abroad -- "The gladiatorial contest revived": Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in the United States, 1883-87 -- "To esteem us better": Buffalo Bill Cody before international audiences, 1887-93 -- "Resplendent realism of glorious war" and decline: Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show after the Columbian Exposition -- "An empire within itself": the 101 Ranch and its wild west show -- "Rugged virtue in the saddle": Tom Mix from wild west shows to movies and back again.
- Call Number
- MWF 01-8799
- ISBN
- 0252024648 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0252067878 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 98058008
- OCLC
- 39800767
- Author
- Reddin, Paul.
- Title
- Wild West shows / Paul Reddin.
- Imprint
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1999.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-300) and index.
- Research Call Number
- MWF 01-8799