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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Colonel and Little Missie: Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the Beginnings of Superstardom in Americadi Larry McMurtry
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Larry McMurtry is one of my favorite authors and I enjoy his non-fiction as much as his fiction works. This was one of his later books that I finally got around to reading. While it was a quick read, this one didn't grab me the way his other works have done. There were interesting moments about these two early superstars in American entertainment, but overall I just didn't find the story all that interesting. But for someone who has read most of McMurtry's works, I'm glad I finished it. ( ) An interesting look at the celebrity that was Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley. Buffalo Bill gets the lion's share of the book's modest 227 pages (not including appendices). The problem I have is with McMurty's writing. Inasmuch as he is a Pulitzer Prize winner I expected a bit more. His narrative is not linear either chronologically or thematicaly. It rambles without a clear direction toward the central premise of explaining what made these two people the first superstars in America. He repeats the same information, in some cases three and four times, throughout the book without adding any additional insight or information on the fact or facts being repeated . While not an unpleasant read, it is definately not one that I would rush out to add to my library. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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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 protégée, 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. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)978.02History and Geography North America Western U.S. 19th CenturyClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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