Bull's-Eye: A Photobiography Of Annie Oakley (Photobiographies) [Hardcover]

Sue Macy (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Photobiographies

At last, National Geographic's award-winning photobiography of Annie Oakley bursts into paperback. This stirring story of an enduring American heroine has won widespread acclaim and was named a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year.

Annie's amazing life comes sharply into focus in a compelling narrative, period photography, and in her own words. Two historical maps and a chronology ground the legend in time and place.

Readers ride through a life filled with adventure. Annie grows up in the backwoods of Ohio, hunting game to feed her family. Discovered by Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show, she wows crowds with target shooting and daring horse riding.

Annie's hardships are examined too, as is her inspirational status as a role model for women.

Awards include:

• American Library Association Notable Book
• Best Book of the Year—School Library Journal
• Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 3-6-This book is exemplary nonfiction: well documented, lots of period photos with credits, a resource list, and a chronology. Equally important is its engaging and well-crafted account of this famous woman of the West. Some of the facts of Phoebe Ann Moses Butler's life before she became "Annie Oakley" are less well known: her family was Quaker, but extreme poverty led her to use a gun for hunting; she spent two years as a child laborer for an abusive farmer; and she was a strong advocate for women learning to use firearms, offering to train a women's home-front protection division during World War I. Macy has drawn on family members' stories as well as Oakley's unpublished autobiography in this writing. Bull's-Eye is for a younger audience than Jean Flynn's excellent Annie Oakley (Enslow, 1998) and would be a good replacement for Robert Quackenbush's Who's That Girl with the Gun? (Prentice-Hall, 1988; o.p.).

Nancy Collins-Warner, Neill Public Library, Pullman, WA

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From Booklist

Gr. 5-8. When a person becomes a legend, it can be difficult to sort out the truth, especially in the case of Annie Oakley, whose life was relentlessly fictionalized. Macy does a good job of sifting out the facts and retelling them in an enjoyable fashion. Born in rural Ohio, eight-year-old Phoebe Ann Moses took the family shotgun to find supper one day and was seemingly never seen again without a gun in her hands. She was soon shooting game to sell to restaurants, a practice that led her to a marksmanship contest with sharpshooter Frank Butler, who eventually became her husband, costar, and manager. At the end of her 20-year career, Oakley had toured with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, performed on Broadway, and garnered acclaim from both sides of the Atlantic. Macy's readable, attractive biography, which conveys both Oakley's homespun simplicity and her business savvy, is illustrated with beautiful sepia-tone photographs and drawings--a combination that will satisfy students and browsers alike. A chronology and a bibliography are appended. Randy Meyer
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0792270088
• ISBN-13: 978-0792270089
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 9.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #559,543 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An American Icon....., January 2, 2002

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Roz Levine - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bull's-Eye: A Photobiography Of Annie Oakley (Photobiographies) (Hardcover)

Annie Oakley, markswoman, famous for her horseback-riding stunts and trick-shot performances, comes to life in Sue Macy's new compelling and fascinating biography, Bull's-Eye. Born Phoebe Ann Moses, a Quaker, in the backwoods of Ohio, Annie Oakley overcame extreme childhood poverty, abuse, and work as a laborer before making the giant leap to sharpshooter and world renown entertainer. Her amazing story, so often seen in movies, Broadway shows, and television is fleshed out here, relying less on the larger-than-life, wild west myth, and more on the intimate details and little known facts about this remarkable woman's life. Ms Macy's easy to read text is told in an engaging, conversational tone, and is enhanced with actual historical photographs, posters, advertisements, and newpaper articles, as well as quotes from Annie herself, from her unpublished autobiography. With a chronology, resource guide, and author's note at the end to fill in additional details and further discussions, Bull's-Eye is perfect for youngsters 8-12, and is a unique little treasure that is sure to whet the appetite and send imaginations soaring.

5.0 out of 5 stars another great book, January 6, 2009

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Robert J. Davidson (grand rapids mich) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bull's-Eye: A Photobiography of Annie Oakley (Photobiographies) (Paperback)

Anything on Annie O I purchase..
She is tops in my book.
This book is a welcome addition to my library.

5.0 out of 5 stars Annie, January 15, 2007

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Earl Pond III "Steel Water" (Murfreesboro, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bull's-Eye: A Photobiography Of Annie Oakley (Photobiographies) (Hardcover)

The book is full of pictures and is great for kids to learn about our past and the legend of Annie Oakley.