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(More customer reviews)I am an avid reader of History in general, but focus on American History.
Buffalo Bill has always intrigued me and loved him since my childhood after hearing my grandmother tell me that she had seen his Wild West show when it came to Chicago.
Although this is an autobiography, I find it hard to believe this is written in 'his words'. The language is very romantic, the facts are unusually accurate (details of minutia about names of scouts and ranks of officer ranks, etc.) and at times a bit flowery.
However, the book is quite enjoyable. It reads like a "who's who?" of the American Frontier and is well-documented that Bill Cody had first hand relationships with many of these American Heroes. In particular, I found his observations about Bill Hickock especially insightful (his observation of Hickock's personality), his descriptions of the well known gun battles or fights and otherwise just plain entertaining.
Nothing new about history in here, but quite enjoyable first hand account of Bill's Wild West. On a final note, I do not like ( but accept) the attitude toward American Native written in this book. Whether it is his (attitude) or that of his helper in writing the book, I find it condescending, demeaning and otherwise irritable.
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