Title American endurance : Buffalo Bill, the Great Cowboy Race of 1893, and the vanishing Wild West / Richard A. Serrano.

Publication Info.

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2016].

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department	798.4 SERRANO	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction	798.4 SERRANO	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction	798.4097 SE68	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction	798.4097 SERRANO	Check Shelf

Description	260 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Summary	"American Endurance : The Great Cowboy Race and the Vanishing Wild West depicts nine cowboys as they race thousands of miles across the American prairie to the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. At the finish line was Buffalo Bill Cody, who had set up his Wild West Show next to the fair"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-248) and index.
Contents	The West of our imagination -- The harsh land -- The vanishing cowboy West -- Buffalo Bill goes to the fair -- A cowboy race -- Race day -- Post time -- So long, Nebraska -- In God's land -- Across the river and into Illinois -- Chicago -- The finish line -- The agony is over.
Subject	Endurance riding (Horsemanship) -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
	Horse racing -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
	Cross-country (Horsemanship) -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
	Cowboys -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
	Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
	World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
	West (U.S.) -- History -- 1890-1945.
	Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917. (OCoLC)fst00050896
	World's Columbian Exposition. (OCoLC)fst01405620
	Cowboys. (OCoLC)fst00881986
	Cross-country (Horsemanship) (OCoLC)fst00884134
	Endurance riding (Horsemanship) (OCoLC)fst00909885
	Horse racing. (OCoLC)fst00960488
	United States, West. (OCoLC)fst01243255
Chronological Term	1800-1945
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN	9781588345752 (hardcover)
	1588345750 (hardcover)

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