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
Overcast skies to start the day. Hello, and welcome. Im nick foley alongside janessa webb. To make sense of the weather we have been getting the last few days, its been changing. Yeah, fast and i hope you enjoy yesterday, 12 hours makes a big difference here. We went from 67 near record breaking highs yesterday. Did you soak it in . I did. Took advantage. And lots of sunshine toward Ashtabula County. The clouds there rolling in and look at the left of the screen. Yesterday morning when i was showing you the shot, that was a big pile of snow that has shrunk due to temperatures on the warm side for the start of your weekend. To wrap it up, were going to start to see a cooler weather pattern. That cold front has shifted across northeast ohio and that is why were at a chilly 34 towards the airport. Coshockton, youre at 41 degrees; 31 for Ashtabula County and into lake geauga. Were dealing with that moisture well towards our south from columbus into dover, new cleveland. Weather. The cold f