▶▶▶ The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide. an Autobiography

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide. an Autobiography

The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide. an Autobiography Review

Like several other biographies of this legendary Plainsman, Scout, Buffalo Hunter and Indian Fighter of the American Frontier, this book is comprised mostly of a reprint of William F. Cody's own Autobiography. What makes it a better source than many of the other reprints of Buffalo Bill Cody's fascinating 1879 acount of his early life and adventures until he reached the age of thirty-four, this volume includes an excellent foreword by another noted author and historian of the Wild West, Don Russell. His foreword makes this first complete reprinting of the original autobiography much more understandable and provides additional valuable insights into the man who coined the term "Wild West." Buffalo BIll was, without any doubt, what we often refer to as "The Real McCoy." While Cody could spin a good tale too, he was modest and humble about his own adventures. Later historians have mostly authenticated, with only minor corrections, his scary-thrilling, matter-of-fact and plain spoken recollections of his life and adventures.This is a very good read and hard to put down until the very end of the book.