thank you all for coming out tonight. it s great to have such a terrific crowd. book tv is here, c-span. so, yeah. let s hear it for book tv. we don t 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 one-time buffalo hunter and army scout, already a well known performer, held the first dress rehearsal for what would become buffalo bill s 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 f
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 bill s america, william cody and the wild west show. this is recorded at the center of the american west in boulder, colorado in 2005. it s about an hour. [applause] thank you all for coming out tonight. it s great to have such a terrific crowd. book tv is here, c-span. so, yeah. let s hear it for book tv. we don t 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 buffa
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