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Sorrow of the earth : Buffalo Bill, Sitting Bull and the tragedy of show business
- Title
- Sorrow of the earth : Buffalo Bill, Sitting Bull and the tragedy of show business / Eric Vuillard ; translated from the French by Ann Jefferson.
- Author
- Vuillard, Éric
- Publication
- London : Pushkin Press, 2016.
- ©2016
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Jefferson, Ann (Translator)
- Description
- 155 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
- Summary
- "This astonishing work of historical re-imagining tells the little-known story of the Native Americans swallowed up by Buffalo Bill's great entertainment machine"--Jacket.
- Uniform Title
- Tristesse de la terre. English
- Alternative Title
- Tristesse de la terre.
- Subjects
- Indians of North America
- Wild west shows
- 1800-2099
- West (U.S.) > History > 19th century
- Indians of North America > Great Plains > History > 19th century
- Sitting Bull, 1831-1890
- History
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
- West (U.S.) > History > 21st century
- Great Plains
- Wild west shows > United States > History
- United States, West
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Originally published in French as Tristesse de la terre in 2014.
- Tells the story of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show in a narrative story form.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the French.
- Contents
- The Museum of Mankind -- What is the eseence of spectacle? -- An actor -- Buffalo Bill in Alsace-Lorraine -- The massacre at Wounded Knee -- Buying a child -- The "Battle" of Wounded Knee -- The town of Cody -- Reality isn't what it used to be -- The princes of entertainment die in sorrow -- Histories -- Snow
- Call Number
- JFD 16-5559
- ISBN
- 9781782272212
- 1782272216
- OCLC
- 958125221
- Author
- Vuillard, Éric, author.
- Title
- Sorrow of the earth : Buffalo Bill, Sitting Bull and the tragedy of show business / Eric Vuillard ; translated from the French by Ann Jefferson.
- Publisher
- London : Pushkin Press, 2016.
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Language
- Translated from the French.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-2099
- Added Author
- Jefferson, Ann (Translator), translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 16-5559