Four Years in Europe with Buffalo Bill
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University of Nebraska Press (Verlag)
978-0-8032-3423-9 (ISBN)
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William F. ""Buffalo Bill"" Cody was the entertainment industry's first international celebrity, achieving worldwide stardom with his travelling Wild West show. Charles Eldridge Griffin’s account of life on the road with the Wild West show, published here for the first time since its release in 1908, opens a window on a vanished world.
William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody was the entertainment industry’s first international celebrity, achieving worldwide stardom with his traveling Wild West show. For three decades he operated and appeared in various incarnations of “the western world’s greatest traveling attraction,” enthralling audiences around the globe. When the show reached Europe it was a sensation, igniting “Wild West fever” by offering what purported to be a genuine experience of the American frontier. By any standard Charles Eldridge Griffin (1859–1914), manager of the Wild West’s European tour, was a remarkable man. Known by the stage names of Monsieur F. Le Costro, Professor Griffin, and the Yankee Yogi, he was an author, comedian, conjurer, contortionist, dancer, fire-eater, hypnotist, illusionist, lecturer, magician, newspaper owner, publisher, sword swallower, and yogi. His account of life on the road with the Wild West show, published here for the first time since its release in 1908, opens a window on a vanished world. In addition to line drawings and photographs from the original book, Chris Dixon provides an introduction and annotations for historical context. Griffin’s story of traveling with Buffalo Bill in Europe from 1903 to 1906 presents a fascinating picture of a quintessentially American character. At the same time it offers a vision of the nation on the verge of nationalism, imperialism, and an emerging global mass culture.
William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody was the entertainment industry’s first international celebrity, achieving worldwide stardom with his traveling Wild West show. For three decades he operated and appeared in various incarnations of “the western world’s greatest traveling attraction,” enthralling audiences around the globe. When the show reached Europe it was a sensation, igniting “Wild West fever” by offering what purported to be a genuine experience of the American frontier. By any standard Charles Eldridge Griffin (1859–1914), manager of the Wild West’s European tour, was a remarkable man. Known by the stage names of Monsieur F. Le Costro, Professor Griffin, and the Yankee Yogi, he was an author, comedian, conjurer, contortionist, dancer, fire-eater, hypnotist, illusionist, lecturer, magician, newspaper owner, publisher, sword swallower, and yogi. His account of life on the road with the Wild West show, published here for the first time since its release in 1908, opens a window on a vanished world. In addition to line drawings and photographs from the original book, Chris Dixon provides an introduction and annotations for historical context. Griffin’s story of traveling with Buffalo Bill in Europe from 1903 to 1906 presents a fascinating picture of a quintessentially American character. At the same time it offers a vision of the nation on the verge of nationalism, imperialism, and an emerging global mass culture.
Chris Dixon is a senior research fellow in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.
List of Illustrations 000
Series Editor's Preface 000
Introduction 000
About this Edition 000
Four Years in Europe with Buffalo Bill 000
I. 1903
II. Summer 1903
III. Winter 19031904
IV. 1904
V. Winter 19041905
VI. 1905
VII. Winter 19051906
VIII. 1906
IX. 19061907
Official Roster of Buffalo Bill's Wild West
Programme of Buffalo Bill's Wild West
Appendix: Buffalo Bill's Wild West in Europe, 19021906
Notes to Introduction 000
Bibliography 000
| Reihe/Serie | The Papers of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 34 illustrations, 1 appendix |
| Verlagsort | Lincoln |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Reiten / Pferde | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8032-3423-6 / 0803234236 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8032-3423-9 / 9780803234239 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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