Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-300) and index.
Contents
"The raw material of America": George Catlin and the beginnings of wild west shows -- "Trembling excitements and fears": Catlin and the show abroad -- "The gladiatorial contest revived": Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in the United States, 1883-87 -- "To esteem us better": Buffalo Bill Cody before international audiences, 1887-93 -- "Resplendent realism of glorious war" and decline: Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show after the Columbian Exposition -- "An empire within itself": the 101 Ranch and its wild west show -- "Rugged virtue in the saddle": Tom Mix from wild west shows to movies and back again.
