Buffalo Bill's Great Wild West Show

U.S. Landmark Books #73

by Walter Havighurst, John C. Wonsetler (IIlustrator)

NO DUST JACKET. OUR COVER IS DIFFERENT FROM STOCK PHOTO SHOWN. PLEASE SEE OUR SCAN. BLACKED OUT AREA AT BOTTOM OUTSIDE EDGE OF PAGES. FRONT COVER HAS DETACHED FROM BODY OF BOOK, BUT REMAINS ATTACHED TO SPINE AND BACK COVER. STAMP ON INSIDE FRONT AND BACK COVERS AS WELL AS FIRST & LAST PAGES. OTHER THAN THOSE STAMPS THE PAGES ARE CLEAN/TIGHT WITH OCCASIONAL TANNING/MINOR DISCOLORATION. NICE READING COPY!

Genres: Nonfiction

182 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1957

Reviews

[Caleb Meyers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mark Twain said this was the first really American show ever to visit Europe. The stories of the chief spending his whole salary on popcorn shocked me, and many other such tales are told in here. And I did not know that Annie Oakley was a real person.

[Yaaresse · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read a bunch of the Landmark series books as a kid. Our school library had a huge collection of them, so I just made my way down the shelves. I remember enjoying them, but I was too young at the time to question the narrative slant. I just liked reading biographies and histories, and there wasn't a lot of interesting non-fiction for kids at that time. Most of what did exist was either boring or more myth than fact. These books did not talk down to the reader, which I appreciated.

Each Landmark Book was written by a different author, each highly respected and invited to contribute to the series. There is a wonderful article on the Landmark Books series on the American Historical Association website: https://www.historians.org/publicatio...

I'm rating them on the memory of enjoyment alone, not on accuracy or how they would go over today. Fortunately, kids today have a lot better from which to choose.