Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Story Of The Wild West And Camp-Fire Chats: A Full And Complete History Of The Renowned Pioneer Quartette, Boone, Crockett, Carson And Buffalo Bill ReISBN13:9781983972973ISBN10:1983972975Author:Bill, Buffalo (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - William Frederick Buffalo Bill Cody (February 26, 1846 - January 10, 1917) Was An American Scout, Bison Hunter, And Showman He Was Born In Le Claire, Iowa Territory (Now The U S State Of Iowa), But He Lived For Several Years In His Father's Hometown In Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Before The Family Returned To The Midwest And Settled In The Kansas Territory Buffalo Bill Started Working At The Age Of Eleven, After His Father's Death, And Became A Rider For The Pony Express At Age 14 During The American Civil War, He Served The Union From 1863 To The End Of The War In 1865 Later He Served As A Civilian Scout For The Us Army During The Indian Wars, Receiving The Medal Of Honor In 1872 One Of The Most Colorful Figures Of The American Old West, Buffalo Bill's Legend Began To Spread When He Was Only Twenty-Three Shortly Thereafter He Started Performing In Shows That Displayed Cowboy Themes And Episodes From The Frontier And Indian Wars He Founded Buffalo Bill's Wild West In 1883, Taking His Large Company On Tours In The United States And, Beginning In 1887, In Great Britain And Continental Europe Early Life And Education Edit] Cody Was Born On February 26, 1846, On A Farm Just Outside Le Claire, Iowa His Father, Isaac Cody, Was Born On September 5, 1811, In Toronto Township, Upper Canada, Now Part Of Mississauga, Ontario, Directly West Of Toronto Mary Ann Bonsell Laycock, Bill's Mother, Was Born About 1817 In New Jersey, Near Philadelphia She Moved To Cincinnati To Teach School, And There She Met And Married Isaac She Was A Descendant Of Josiah Bunting, A Quaker Who Had Settled In Pennsylvania There Is No Evidence To Indicate Buffalo Bill Was Raised As A Quaker In 1847 The Couple Moved To Ontario, Having Their Son Baptized In 1847, As William Cody, At The Dixie Union Chapel In Peel County (Present-Day Peel Region, Of Which Mississauga Is Part), Not Far From The Farm Of His Father's Family The Chapel Was Built With Cody Money, And The Land Was Donated By Philip Cody Of Toronto Township They Lived In Ontario For Several Years In 1853, Isaac Cody Sold His Land In Rural Scott County, Iowa, For $2000, And The Family Moved To Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory In The Years Before The Civil War, Kansas Was Overtaken By Political And Physical Conflict Over The Slavery Question Isaac Cody Was Against Slavery He Was Invited To Speak At Rively's Store, A Local Trading Post Where Pro-Slavery Men Often Held Meetings His Antislavery Speech So Angered The Crowd That They Threatened To Kill Him If He Didn't Step Down A Man Jumped Up And Stabbed Him Twice With A Bowie Knife Rively, The Store's Owner, Rushed Cody To Get Treatment, But He Never Fully Recovered From His Injuries In Kansas, The Family Was Frequently Persecuted By Pro-Slavery Supporters Cody's Father Spent Time Away From Home For His Safety His Enemies Learned Of A Planned Visit To His Family And Plotted To Kill Him On The Way Bill, Despite His Youth And Being Ill At The Time, Rode 30 Miles (48 Km) To Warn His Father Isaac Cody Went To Cleveland, Ohio, To Organize A Group Of Thirty Families To Bring Back To Kansas, In Order To Add To The Antislavery Population During His Return Trip He Caught A Respiratory Infection Which, Compounded By The Lingering Effects Of His Stabbing And Complications From Kidney Disease, Led To His Death In April 1857 After His Death, The Family Suffered Financially At Age 11, Bill Took A Job With A Freight Carrier As A Boy Extra On Horseback He Would Ride Up And Down The Length Of A Wagon Train And Deliver Messages Between The Drivers And Workmen Next He Joined Johnston's Army As An Unofficial Member Of The Scouts Assigned To Guide The United States Army To Utah, To Put Down A Rumored Rebellion By The Mormon Population Of Salt Lake City According To Cody's Account In Buffalo Bill's Own Story, The Utah War Was Where He Began His Career As An Indian Fighter Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2018-01-18Weight:2.66 lbsDimensions:1.06'' H x 11.02'' L x 8.5'' WNumber of Pages:526Language:English
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Book Title: Story of the Wild West and Camp-Fire Chats : a Full and Complete History of the Renowned Pioneer Quartette, Boone, Crockett, Carson and Buffalo Bill Replete with Graphic Descriptions... by:Buffalo Bill 1846-1917 : Of Wild Life and Thrilling Adventures by Famous Heroes of the Frontier. William Frederick Buffalo Bill Cody (February 26, 1846 - January 10, 1917) Was an American Scout, Bison Hunter, and Showman
Number of Pages: 526 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Item Height: 1.2 in
Publication Year: 2018
Topic: General
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 52.3 Oz
Item Length: 11 in
Author: Buffalo Bill
Item Width: 8.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
