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American endurance : Buffalo Bill, the Great Cowboy Race of 1893, and the vanishing Wild West / Richard A. Serrano.
- Title
- American endurance : Buffalo Bill, the Great Cowboy Race of 1893, and the vanishing Wild West / Richard A. Serrano.
- Author
- Serrano, Richard A.
- Publication
- Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2016]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | SF296.E5 S47 2016 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 260 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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"--
- Subject
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
- World's Columbian Exposition
- 1800-1945
- Endurance riding (Horsemanship) > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century
- Horse racing > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century
- Cross-country (Horsemanship) > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century
- Cowboys > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century
- Cowboys
- Cross-country (Horsemanship)
- Endurance riding (Horsemanship)
- Horse racing
- West (U.S.) > History > 1890-1945
- West United States
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The West of our imagination -- The harsh land -- The vanishing cowboy West -- Buffalo Bill goes to the fair -- A cowboy race -- American endurance -- Race day -- "The time is upon us" -- So long, Nebraska -- In God's country -- Across the river and into Illinois -- Chicago -- Finish line -- The agony is over.
- ISBN
- 9781588345752 (hbk.)
- 1588345750 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2015047567
- OCLC
- 932116085
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library