Annie Oakley of the Wild West [Paperback]

Walter Havighurst (Author), Christine Bold (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1992

Born in rural Ohio in 1860, Annie Moses rose from poverty to become Annie Oakley, the diminutive star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show who could outshoot any man. She comes fully to life in this rousing biography by Walter Havighurst, the respected historian of the Old Northwest. In her probing introduction to this Bison Book edition, Christine Bold considers the striking incongruities, the symbolic meanings, of Annie Oakley's life and career.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Achieving access to documents and surviving relatives and acquaintances of Annie Oakley, Havighurst minutely tracked the movements of the woman and the show that defined her. . . . the vast canvas that he painted [is] fascinating in its detail and its sweep"—Christine Bold

(Christine Bold )

"Walter Havighurst has done full justice to [Annie Oakley''s] story. . . . he has included an account of Buffalo Bill''s famous Wild West show in which ''Missie,'' as Cody called her, was a star for seventeen years. . . . I don''t see how this book could have been improved upon."—Saturday Review of Literature

(Saturday Review of Literature )

"Delightfully written and well illustrated. Highly recommended."—Library Journal

(Library Journal )

About the Author

Christine Bold, an assistant professor of English at the University of Guelph, Canada, is the author of Selling the Wild West: Popular Western Fiction, 1860 to 1960 (1987).

Product Details

• Paperback: 254 pages
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press (May 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803272537
• ISBN-13: 978-0803272538
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #691,797 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As a relative I can tell you, this is a good book!, December 11, 2005

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Leslie E. Fisher "L. Fisher" (Nevada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Annie Oakley of the Wild West (Paperback)

I am a great, great niece of Phoebe Anne Moses Butler. This is one of the best bios I've ever read. Although Annie Fern Swartwout was also a neice and wrote a good biography, the family in general feels she embellished significantly. Mr. Havighurst is very factual and presents Aunt Annie as the lady she was...not some saloon swinging wench. Thank you Mr. Havighurst.

And to put the name thing to rest once and for all, her last name was Moses not Mozee...she just didn't like it and took the liberty to change it. It's that simple.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars annie oakley biography, January 11, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Annie Oakley of the Wild West (Paperback)

This is a great book, the best book I have read in a long time. I feel like I am traveling the world with Annie and the Wild West Show.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars it was ok, February 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Annie Oakley of the Wild West (Paperback)

The book had alot of information just it didn't really focus on Annie it was on Buffalo Bill's show more often. It wasn't very helpful in the report I did on her.