02043cam a2200349 4500 516940268 TxAuBib 20160804120000.0 050428s2005||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2005012472 9780786278589 hardcover : alk. paper 0786278587 hardcover : alk. paper (OCoLC)61854415 DLC DLC TxAuBib McMurtry, Larry. The colonel and Little Missie [large print] : Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the beginnings of superstardom in America / by Larry McMurtry. Large print ed. Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, 2005. 381 p. ; 22 cm. In this dual biography, McMurtry explores the lives, the legends, and above all the truth about two larger-than-life American figures. With his Wild West show, Buffalo Bill Cody helped invent the image of the West that still exists today--cowboys and Indians, rodeo, rough rides, sheriffs and outlaws, trick shooting, Stetsons, and buck-skin. His most celebrated protge, the short, slight Annie Oakley--born Phoebe Ann Moses in Ohio--spent sixteen years with Buffalo Bill's Wild West, where she entertained Queen Victoria and Kaiser Wilhelm II, among others. Beloved by all who knew her, Oakley became a legend in her own right, and after her death achieved a new lease of fame in the musical Annie, Get Your Gun. They were cultural icons, setting the path for all that followed.--From publisher description. 20160804. Buffalo Bill 1846-1917. Oakley, Annie 1860-1926. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company. Entertainers United States Biography. Shooters of fireams United States Biography. Scouts and scouting West (U.S) Biography. Wild west shows. Large Type Books. Thorndike Press Large Print. BTCLS