Thank you all for coming out tonight. Its great to have such a terrific crowd. Book tv is here, cspan. So, yeah. Lets hear it for book tv. We dont have an applause light so patty is going to wave her hat during the lecture at which point you burst into applause. You guys on the balcony will get confetti and you can throw it out at odd intervals and convey the whole spirit of this event. And people at home watching this on book tv will know how wonderful this lecture is. That would be excellent. As usual with william cody the best way to start is with the story. In the spring of 1883 william buffalo bill cody a onetime buffalo hunter and army scout, already a well known performer, held the first dress rehearsal for what would become Buffalo Bills wild west show in nebraska. According to an eyewitness when the deadwood stagecoach trundld into the arena buffalo bill invited the town council wlug the mayor, a beloved but notorious blusterer to ride in the coach. For the first two passes ar
Actor, entrepreneur, and congressional medal of honor winner. Next on history book shelf louis warren discusses the public image of the famous and controversial figure in his biography Buffalo Bills america, william cody and the wild west show. This is recorded at the center of the American West in boulder, colorado in 2005. Its about an hour. [applause] thank you all for coming out tonight. Its great to have such a terrific crowd. Book tv is here, cspan. So, yeah. Lets hear it for book tv. We dont have an applause light up there so patty is going to wave her hat during the lecture at which point you burst into applause. You guys on the balcony will get confetti and you can throw it out at odd intervals and convey the whole spirit of this event. And people at home watching this on book tv will know how wonderful this lecture is. That would be excellent. [applause] as usual with william cody the best way to start is with the story. In the spring of 1883 william buffalo bill cody a oneti
Cherokee strip Regional Heritage center. Its a little over an hour. Tonight, professor byron price is going to tell us about exploration in the cattle drive era 1865 and 1893. Professional price currently holds the charles m. Russell memorial chair and is director of the charles m. Russell center for the study of western art at the university of oklahoma. He is also director of the university of oklahoma press. He graduated from the United States military academy at west point in 1970. He earned an m. A. In Museum Science at the Texas Tech University in 1977. Well have to forgive him that he is a texan. He has nearly 25 Years Experience in the museum profession, including executive director of the panhandle historical museum. Executive director of the National Cowboy hall of fame. And western Heritage Center in oklahoma city. And executive director of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in cody, wyoming. Published numerous Journal Articles on western American History of art and written
He has nearly 25 Years Experience in the museum profession, including executive director of the panhandle historical museum. Executive director of the National Cowboy hall of fame. And western Heritage Center in oklahoma city. And executive director of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in cody, wyoming. Published numerous Journal Articles on western American History of art and written several books including cowboys of the American West and the chuck wagon cookbook. If youd like to learn more about the chuckwagon cookbook, why, professor price will be here afterwards over here at the desk to sign copies of that and to talk with you about chuckwagon cooking. In addition to his writings, he has served as a consultant for several Television Series and specials, including for the history and discovery channel, unsolved mysteries, the gunfight at the o. K. Corral and cowboys and outlaws. Also, he has been a consultant on programs for Oklahoma Public television, including cowboys of the tal
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