You want girl power? Meet Annie Oakley! Born in 1860, she became one of the best-loved and most famous women of her generation. She amazed audiences all over the world with her sharpshooting, horse-riding, action-packed performances. In an age when most women stayed home, she traveled the world and forged a new image for American women.
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Grade 3-5-Annie Oakley was born Phoebe Ann Moses in 1860 in Ohio. Her life story is told here-from her fatherless childhood through her marriage to Frank Butler and glory days traveling with Buffalo Bill's show to her death, 18 days before her husband's, in 1926. "Little Sure Shot," as she was nicknamed by Sitting Bull, truly had a one-of-a-kind life. She raised herself up from a poor, abused baby-sitter to a sharpshooting show woman who enchanted Queen Victoria out of her post-Albert funk, no less. However, while her biography is presented in full here, the prose is rather dry and uninviting. The black-and-white cartoons that pad the book are no better. Although two time lines are appended, there is no index. Sue Macy's Bull's-Eye (National Geographic, 2001) is a wonderful photobiography of Oakley that will be far more helpful for reports and is more enjoyable reading.
Anne Chapman Callaghan, Racine Public Library, WI
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Anne Chapman Callaghan, Racine Public Library, WI
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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My daughter used this book as part of her source for a speech that she did on Annie Oakley. It made the info interesting to her. It was age-level appropriate, which was nice. Some of the other books that she checked out at the library were very dry and she lost interest in them quickly. This series seemed to keep her interest. Great book!
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We bought this and a few others. They are informative and easy to read. Children can glean facts without too much difficulty. Fascinating topics and plethora of information. Follows character from birth to death to get complete story. Love it!
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Phoebe Ann Moses was born on August 13, 1860, in Darke County, Ohio. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Wild West, Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bill, Susan Moses, New York, Lillian Smith, Sells Brothers, Sitting Bull, Frank Butler, New Jersey, Phoebe Ann Moses New!
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Phoebe Ann Moses was born on August 13, 1860, in Darke County, Ohio. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Wild West, Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bill, Susan Moses, New York, Lillian Smith, Sells Brothers, Sitting Bull, Frank Butler, New Jersey, Phoebe Ann Moses New!
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