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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 ....
Im jamie colby, and, today, im driving into key west, florida, in search of treasure. You know, years ago, spanish galleons and pirate ships sailed upon and sank in these waters. More recently, the islands been home to the heirs of a man who became rich and famous searching for the treasure left behind. My name is taffi fisher abt, and i inherited a wreck. I mean literally a wreck, a spanish shipwreck. Its an incredible archeological find, and we keep bringing up more treasure all the time. You must be taffi. Welcome to the mel fisher Maritime Heritage society. Taffis father, mel fisher, salvaged tons of treasure from the sea. Oh, yeah. Solid gold. This is an emerald cross and ring that was found in 1982. Some of his most precious artifacts are in the museum he founded here in key west. He must have loved the adventure. He did. He was an awful lot like tom sawyer. Tom sawyer had the mississippi. Indiana native mel fisher dreams ....