The Life of Buffalo Bill: Or, the Life and Adventures of William F. Cody, As Told by Himself

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William Cody (1846—1917), a.k.a. Buffalo Bill, was the most famous American of his age. A child of the frontier Great Plains, Cody was renowned as a Pony Express rider, prospector, trapper, Civil War soldier, professional buffalo hunter, Indian fighter, cavalry scout, horseman, dime-novel hero, and actor. But Buffalo Bill’s greatest success was as impresario of the Wild West show, the traveling company of cowboys, Indians, Mexican vaqueros, and others, numbering in the hundreds, with which he toured North America and Europe for more than three decades. As Louis S. Warren reveals, the show company came to represent America itself, its dazzling mix of races sprung from a frontier past, welded into a thrilling performance, and making their way through the world via the modern technologies of railroad, portable electrical generator, telephones, and brilliantly colored publicity–an entrancing vision of the frontier-born, newly mechanized, polyglot United States in the Gilded Age.

Biographers have long disputed whether Cody was a hero or a charlatan. As Warren shows, the question already preoccupied critics and spectators during Cody’s own lifetime. In fact, the savvy entertainer encouraged the dispute by mingling fictional exploits with his not inconsiderable achievements to construct the persona of an ideal frontiersman, a figure who was more controversial than has been commonly understood. At the same time, his show provided a means for rural westerners, including cowboys, cowgirls, and especially Lakota Sioux Indians, to claim a new future for themselves by reenacting a version of the past.

The most comprehensive critical biography of William Cody in more than forty years, Buffalo Bill’s America places America’s most renowned showman in the context of his cultural worlds in the Far West, in the East, and in Europe. A rich and revealing biography and social history of an American cultural icon.

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Great!.......2006-12-08

Great book from a great professor. Reading this was like sitting in Dr. Warren's class again. He can totally make history come alive and this book is no exception.

Buffalo Bill's America: William Cody and the Wild West Show.......2006-11-06

I was quite pleased witht the speed of delivery on this book and it's excellent condtion. It was all I could have hoped for. 5 Stars!

Don Gilmore

Buffalo Bill's wild, wild West.......2006-03-16

William Cody was the most famous American of his times, renowned as a Pony Express rider, soldier, buffalo hunter and overall hero - but his creation of the Wild West show, a traveling company of cowboys and Indians which toured North American and Europe for over thirty years, solidified his importance and his name. BUFFALO BILL'S AMERICA: WILLIAM CODY AND THE WILD WEST SHOW provides the most detailed critical biography of Cody to appear in over forty years, considering his showmanship, his achievements, and the controversies which swirled around his life, both during time and into modern times. Chapters use source material references and quotes but maintain a lively style which lends to appeal by leisure audiences as well as students of American history.

Promising Start, Disappointing Finish.......2006-01-14

The Historians of today, especially those who have a different perspective of America instead of the "Good versus Evil" themes that folks like I grew up with like to shatter legends and myths.

Not that a bit of reality is wrong. For example it is good to know what a virulent racist Nathan Bedford Forrest was, or how wrong it was to label the entire Abraham Lincoln Battalion as a bunch of "Commie Rats" (although with the release of much of the Moscow archives, it can be verified that up to almost 90% of them were either Communist Party or Young Communist League members - not the 40-60% as stated in past histories).

It is however suspect when a Davey Crockett, long believed to have died swinging "Old Betsy" at the advancing Mexican soldiers at the Alamo, died, shot down as a captured prisoner, by Santa Anna's orders; or that the gallant Custer was a reckless fool.

Which leads me to Dr. Warren's interesting biography of Buffalo Bill. Having got it as a holiday present I was at first enthralled by the depth and detail of this work which covered practically every aspect of this simple yet complex American hero.

Then Dr. Warren had to spoil it all.

First, he cast doubts on whether or not William Cody ever rode with the Pony Express. He cites available records, but admits Cody did ride for the Express parent company - Russell, Majors and Waddell.

Secondly, he then claims Cody rode with Jennison's Jayhawkers instead of working as a Scout for the Union Army. In other words, Cody was involved in some of the ugliest savagery on the frontier as Unionists retaliated for the depravations of Quantrill, the James-Younger boys, Bloody Bill Anderson, and other Confederates. Yet, if that was the case, and with rosters of the 7th Kansas being available, why haven't Civil War historians made light of this in the past? Warren seems to imply that Cody was one of the 7th Kansas boys who faced down Bedford Forrest at Tupelo and Brice's Crossroads, but where is the evidence? (note: I do stand corrected as I have found another source on Cody's experiences in the 7th, and indeed they did fight Forrest in Tennessee and Mississippi, but were recalled to Missouri in time to help stop Sterling Price in the fall of 1864, a campaign where Cody and Bill Hickok fought practically side by side)

Third, Warren also seems to claim that there was an almost unfriendly rivalry between George Custer and William Cody, and that outside of the celebrated Buffalo hunt with the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, the two men rarely met or studiously avoided each other. Why? Because Libbie Custer only named Wild Bill Hickok as a Custer intimate, not Buffalo Bill. Furthermore, Warren also describes the Custer marriage as being as troubled as that of the Codys. He has even suggested that Libbie Custer had an affair with another (unnamed) cavalry officer - that's news to me as I'm sure it is to others who have read extensively of the Custers and their marriage. Custer jealous of Bill Cody? Hmmm. And why would Bill Cody present Custer as an all-hero in his future shows if he didn't feel a regard for the late soldier's heroism on the American Frontier?

He then describes Cody as being benevolent and more open-minded towards Native Americans, yet almost a cruel overseer to those Indians who rode and worked with the Wild West Shows - try suggesting that to Sitting Bull. Oops, you can't because he's long dead. But then again, so is Buffalo Bill Cody.

What is even more troublesome is Warren's wanting to put a societal spin to the life and times of Buffalo Bill. He pictures America of the late 19th Century as being a nation split between the "haves and have-nots" with another Civil War looming in the distance. He brings up the Haymarket Square Riots, and calls Albert Parsons, the former Confederate Soldier turned Radical leader the William Cody of the Confederacy, yet offers no evidence to prove this. For me, that was a major disappointment, because I would have liked to have seen where a young Confederate hero, having risked his life for the reactionary South, could change so drastically to push for the violent overthrow of bourgeois America. He also brings in the Johnson County War as if to suggest that Cody could easily play both sides down the middle - lionized by the proletariat Cowboy and loved by the intolerant landowners.

In the end, with little or no commentary about those final, almost destitute years of Cody's life - including that poignant final year when after riding in a Wild West Show he had virtually no say in, with his kidneys shutting down, and being in constant pain, helped by his "son" Johnny Baker, Cody went home to die. Warren surprisingly makes little comment about this sad history, which is even more surprising when one sees how much he placed detail on irrelevances or suggested things that never have been proven before.

Maybe it is because I like my biographies to be straightforward -and my Western History to be not simplistic but not mired down in complex issues either that this once promising work turned me off towards the end. That, and another unfortunate debunking of another real American hero. After all, Mr. Cody isn't around to say whether or not he exaggerated his life and\or career, or to refute or not some of Dr. Warren's more damaging charges.

When the Legend becomes fact, print the legend.......2005-10-21

An entertaining combination of history and biography Louis Warren's book manages to capture the elusive spirit of William Cody aka Buffalo Bill. Bill was a combination of hero, poser and entertainer as he frequently told tall tales linking him to the archetypical western hero Wild Bill Hickock. He dressed like Wild Bill, claimed to be his cousin (although the two weren't related Cody did meet Wild Bill at a young age and did travel with him later). Cody would variously claim that he was the youngest pony express rider (he neve rode for the pony express), was a spy during the Civil War (he wasn't) and was at many of Wild Bill's most famous exploits (he wasn't). It's ironic then that Bill Cody felt the need to embelish an already heroic career as a tracker and guide during the infamous Indian Wars. Cody lived during an uncertain time in the west and his role as a "white" Indian scout made people more comfortable that he was one of "us" who could fight and befriend one of "them" (i.e., the Indians whatever group they belonged to) unlike Wild Bill or other well known scouts who had reputations for violence and/or consorting (meaning marrying an Native American Indian)with the "enemy". Warren provides a fair balanced account of these troubled prejudiced times and what those on the frontier did to survive.

Why did Bill Cody feel the need to tell tall tales about his career when he wasn't the charlatan that many trackers and guides were? Cody had that need to be larger than life and learned by observing people like P. T. Barnum that a little bit of truth and a lot of hokum go a long way. As Maxwell Scott (Carleton Young) states in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance",
"When the Legend Becomes fact, Print the Legend". Perhaps Cody felt the facts weren't enough and that he needed to become a legend so that he might be recognized as such during his life time and after he died. Either way, this man who was an odd combination of hero and entertainer entered the the realm of legends. Interestingly, Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickock were frequently confused as the same person by people of the time.

This marvelous book covers Cody's youth, his stretch as a scout, entertainer with his Wild West Show (which did feature Wild Bill Hickock at one time although Hickock supposedly became annoyed at one point by Cody's attempts to be like him)and later as a popular celebrity who embodied the lost days of the wild west. Featuring illustrations, Warren's book brings to life a lost era in America when heroism and legends became far more than stories to be told by camp fires late into the night.

Game of My Life: Memorable Stories of Buffalo Bills Football (Game of My Life)

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Game of My Life: Memorable Stories of Buffalo Bills Football (Game of My Life)
Sal Maiorana
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In Game of My Life: Memorable Stories of Bills Football, many of the men who have worn the Buffalo on their helmet-both the standing and the charging version-share with author Sal Maiorana their fondest Bills experiences. Jim Kelly picked a 1991 shredding of the Steelers-the team he cheered as a youth-for a Bills-record six touchdown passes. Talley recalls the 51-3 AFC Championship blowout over the Raiders. Frank Reich chose the 1992 wildcard game against Houston-a game in which he quarterbacked the greatest comeback victory in NFL history. Unforgettable, old-time favorites such as Jack Kemp, Billy Shaw, Booker Edgerson, and Ed Rutkowski share tales from the 1960s-when the Bills won two AFL championships. Other luminaries such as Joe Ferguson, Joe DeLamielleure, Reggie McKenzie, Jerry Butler, Cornelius Bennett, Andre Reed, Don Beebe and Kent Hull fill the gaps between the Bills's two championship eras with their thoughtful recollections.

Buffalo Bill: Frontier Daredevil (The Childhood of Famous Americans)

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Buffalo Bill: Frontier Daredevil (The Childhood of Famous Americans)
Augusta Stevenson
Manufacturer: Aladdin
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Age Appropriate.......2007-03-09

I bought this for my 5th grader to use for a school report.
It was a fairly quick and easy read for her and she got lots of info about Buffalo Bill's childhood which was not covered as much in other books on Buffalo Bill.

Telling Western Stories: From Buffalo Bill to Larry McMurtry (Calvin P. Horn Lectures in Western History and Culture)

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Telling Western Stories: From Buffalo Bill to Larry McMurtry (Calvin P. Horn Lectures in Western History and Culture)
Richard W. Etulain
Manufacturer: University of New Mexico Press
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Binding: Hardcover

ASIN: 0826321399

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What has the western of literature and film contributed to American culture? Richard Etulain, the leading cultural historian of the West, answers that question by tracing four distinct storytelling traditions and exploring the indelible images each has left in the public's mind over the past 125 years. Our images of cowboys, lawmen, outlaws, and Indians come from a collage of sources, including Buffalo Bill, Frederick Jackson Turner, Calamity Jane, Mary Hallock Foote, Geronimo, Mourning Dove, Owen Wister, Zane Grey, Walter Noble Burns, John Ford, Louis L'Amour, Wallace Stegner, Patricia Nelson Limerick, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Larry McMurtry.

Etulain begins with the dominant image conveyed in Wild West shows and dime novels of the late nineteenth century—the West as a place of adventure and danger. In the early twentieth century stories by women and Indians appeared, but they were soon overlooked and not rediscovered until the 1970s. The period from the 1920s to the 1950s represents the classic era of western movies and novels—of cavalry charges to save the day and heroes in white hats. But since the 1960s a counter story has emerged, one of ambiguity and complexity that often turned upside down our notions about what really mattered in how we look at the West.

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Army scout, buffalo hunter, Indian fighter, and impresario of the world-renowned "Wild West Show," William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody lived the real American West and also helped create the "West of the imagination." Born in 1846, he took part in the great westward migration, hunted the buffalo, and made friends among the Plains Indians, who gave him the name Pahaska (long hair). But as the frontier closed and his role in "winning the West" passed into legend, Buffalo Bill found himself becoming the symbol of the destruction of the buffalo and the American Indian. Deeply dismayed, he spent the rest of his life working to save the remaining buffalo and to preserve Plains Indian culture through his Wild West shows.

This biography of William Cody focuses on his lifelong relationship with Plains Indians, a vital part of his life story that, surprisingly, has been seldom told. Bobby Bridger draws on many historical accounts and Cody's own memoirs to show how deeply intertwined Cody's life was with the Plains Indians. In particular, he demonstrates that the Lakota and Cheyenne were active cocreators of the Wild West shows, which helped them preserve the spiritual essence of their culture in the reservation era while also imparting something of it to white society in America and Europe. This dual story of Buffalo Bill and the Plains Indians clearly reveals how one West was lost, and another born, within the lifetime of one remarkable man.

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Bobby Bridger, American Historian, author, entertainer.......2002-12-14

Bridger, decendent of the reknown Mountain man, Jim Bridger, has written an outstanding book on two of history's most colorful and enduring icons of the American west and the dynamic process that each dealt with during the late 19th century America. Bridger is one the best entertainers in American today and this book only shows a small example of his profound abilities. Years of research and documentation of historical events pays tribute to truth, justice, and injustices, of the American West. This book should be a standard fare for all collegiate history classes and for the general public at large. History is always multi-sided and Bridger illustrates that to perfection. This is a must read. It will impress both scholars and the general public. BRAVO MR. BRIDGER! We look forward to the next! Sing on Great Spirit!

The history behind the music.......2002-12-05

For years, Bobby Bridger has been entertaining audiences musically with his Ballad of the West. One of the hour sets, Pahaska, tells the story of Buffalo Bill in what Bridger describes as Homeric ballads. Now, Bridger puts aside the guitar and period garb to show his serious academic side. "Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull: Inventing the Wild West" is the history behind his music. This book is a must read for anyone interested in the old west and is an intriguing look into how the popular vision of it was created.

The history behind the art.......2002-11-30

For years, Bobby Bridger has been presenting the story of Buffalo Bill in a musical act called Pahaska, a one-hour series of enthralling songs that tell the story of Bill Cody. Now, Bridger puts down the guitar and period garb from his act to show the history behind his art. In this historical tome, Bridger shows the serious academic side of his art. This book is a must read for anyone interested in the history of the West. Bridger's look at how the modern romantic vision of the American West was created is intriguing and as captivating as his music.

The history behind the art.......2002-11-29

For years, Bobby Bridger has been presenting the story of Buffalo Bill in a one-hour musical act that tells the story of Bill Cody in a series of enthralling songs. Now, with this historical tome, Bridger has completed the circle. This is the history behind Bobby Bridger's art. Bridger puts down the guitar and period garb used in his musical drama to show readers the serious academic side of his personality. If you want some intriguing inquiry and suggestion about how the modern vision of the romantic west was created, this book is a must read.

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Hoofbeats of Danger review
Hoof Beats Of Danger
Not great not wonderful just OK
History Mysteries: A Good Series For Kids
It was a good story about a horse and a girl.

Hoofbeats of Danger (History Mysteries)
HOLLY HUGHES
Manufacturer: American Girl
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Binding: Paperback

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Hoofbeats of Danger review.......2002-08-25

Annie's father Mr. Dawson owns a mail delivery company called the Pony Express and it's in the 1800's when one of the horses gets hurt her father blames it all on one person but he is Annie's friend and Annie knows her would never hurt a horse. How will she prove her friends innocents?

Hoof Beats Of Danger.......2002-03-01

Would you like to live in the west and work at red Buttes Pony Express Station? Well that's what happens to Annie as she goes through action, adventure and danger in HOOF BEATS OF DANGER by Holly Hugh's. This book is good for ages 9 and up. This book may not have pictures but the author describes the scenes so well you don't need them. So find out what happens to Magpie Annie's horse. I like this book a lot because it has a lot of action. The lesson or moral is love others.

Not great not wonderful just OK.......2001-05-01

11 year old, Annie Dawson lives in a mining cabin in California. Her father works for Oakland Pony Express. Lately, her favorite horse Magpie has been acting strange. Her father says that he has no choice, but to shoot her. Annie begins to protest and is sure that someone is poisoning Magpie. It is up to her to help save Magpie before it's too late. This book was a little bit boring and it strongly resembled other History Mysteries. The plot is always the same. Young girl who has a passion for something. Soon that passion is taken or trying to be taken away. The young girl tries to find out who is trying to take this away. In the end everything is perfect. After reading a few history mysteries, I am beginning to tire. The history mysteries that I suggest you read however are, Secrets on 26th street and The Smuggler's Treasure. All in all, however this book was good enough to rank 4 stars.

History Mysteries: A Good Series For Kids.......2001-02-20

I read "Hoofbeats Of Danger" with my nine-year-old daughter. It was the first book in this series we read together. Since then, we have read a couple of others in the series and I imagine we will get to all of them. I know my daughter is enjoying these books because she always wants to keep going when it's time to stop. These books have three very positive aspects to them. First, they are good stories. They hold kids' interest and make reading fun. Second, the young heroines in these stories make good role models for the real girls reading or hearing the stories. Third, they provide a small history lesson, imparting some insight into a particular period and place in American history.

"Hoofbeats Of Danger" takes place on the frontier at the time of the Pony Express. It involves a realistic look at frontier life and provides some factual information along the way. I highly recommend this book and, in general, the entire series, to parents looking for reading material for kids (especially girls) in the nine to twelve age group.

It was a good story about a horse and a girl........1999-09-07

It was a very good book. The pace never slows. If you love horses and mysteries you will love this book!!

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wonderful book for all ages..
Interesting, yet Boring
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Fair Weather
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Fair Weather
Richard Peck
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Release Date: 2001-09-10

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Granddad emits a strangled sound, 13-year-old Rosie pitches right off her chair, and young Buster just vibrates. What event catapults the Beckett family into such a state? The arrival of a letter from distant Chicago--and not just a letter, an invitation from Mama's elusive, wealthy sister Aunt Euterpe. She decides that it's high time for the children to see the world beyond "the four walls of a one-room country schoolhouse." And what better opportunity than the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, to honor the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America? Spanish nobility, President Cleveland, and Ferris wheels, oh my! Richard Peck, Newbery Medal-winning author of A Year Down Yonder, paints a charming portrait of a 19th-century farming family turned upside down by a visit to the big city. Narrator Rosie is friendly and funny as she describes the instant (if not entirely successful) citification of her family, encounters with Buffalo Bill himself, and her own delightfully eccentric Granddad who named his horse after Lillian Russell (which is just fine until they meet her at the fair). This wonderful, witty glimpse into 19th-century America--sprinkled with historical photographs--concludes with an insightful essay on the Exposition. Heartily recommended. (Ages 10 and older) --Karin Snelson

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In his celebrated novels A Year Down Yonder and A Long Way from Chicago, Richard Peck carried us happily back to the Midwest of the 1930's. Now he's ready to transport us all the way to 1893, to the Chicago World's Fair and its breathtaking mix of personalities and glimpses of the future. Here is a tour de force that combines the real people of the time with an enormously engaging new fictional family, spinning them all into a whirlwind of humor, misadventure, and charms beyond measure.

On the brink of adulthood (not to mention a whole new century), Rosie makes her first trip to the big city, along with her wide-eyed siblings and their rascally old granddad. There, amidst the wonders of the fair, Rosie discovers the world and herself, while also coming face-to-face with some of the era's most famous people-including showgirl Lillian Russell and Colonel William F. Cody (a.k.a. Buffalo Bill).

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wonderful book for all ages.........2007-08-15

This is supposed to be a kids book, but the whole family liked it so well that I bought a couple more copies to give away. It is about a rural family going to the Chicago World's fair in 1893. The descriptions of the fair, and the characters in this book are delightful. Highly recommend.

Interesting, yet Boring.......2007-04-27

Open this book and you'll read a story of a young girl with her family, going to new places, and changing her widow aunt's life forever. From Richard Peck, the creator of the Newberry Medal-winning novel, A Year Down Yonder, comes the just as popular, Fair Weather. Using the famous Chicago World's Fair with legends like Buffalo Bill and the beautiful Lillian Russell and a mix of a fictional family, Richard Peck made an exciting historical fiction novel. He truly wrote a story that shows the advance of technology during the 19th century. Many inventions from the typewriter to the zoopraxiscope and even the Ferris Wheel are included in this book. He integrated many inventions. Also, he showed the emphasis on the use of technology, mainly electricity. If you want to read a fascinating book about technology, inventions, or even on the many fashions from the 19th century, you should pick up this novel. Fair Weather is a very appealing book, but it was boring in the beginning. Then again, most books are boring in the beginning anyway. Fortunately the book has an ironic, but still happy, ending that makes up for the beginning. Also, Fair Weather has exciting details throughout the book that will keep you interested. For me, Fair Weather was the best book that I have read in a long time.

- James Nguyen

Sorry if I posted this twice, I can't find my first time.

Interesting, yet Boring.......2007-04-27

Open this book and you' ll read a story of a young girl with her family, going to new places, and changing her widow aunt's life forever. From Richard Peck, the creator of the New berry Medal-winning novel, A Year Down Yonder, comes the just as popular, Fair Weather. Using the famous Chicago World's Fair with legends like Buffalo Bill and the beautiful Lillian Russell and a mix of a fictional family, Richard Peck made an exciting historical fiction novel. He truly wrote a story that shows the advance of technology during the 19th century. Many inventions from the typewriter to the zoopraxiscope and even to the Ferris Wheel are included in this book. He integrated many inventions. Also, he showed the emphasis on the use of technology, mainly electricity. If you want to read a fascinating book about technology, inventions, or even on the many fashions from the 19th century, you should pick up this novel. Fair Weather is a very appealing book, but it was boring in the beginning. Then again, most books are boring in the beginning anyway. Fortunately the book has an ironic, but still happy, ending that makes up for the beginning. Also, Fair Weather has exciting details throughout the book that will keep you interested. Fair Weather was the best book that I have read in a long time.

Fair Weather.......2007-04-26

Fair Weather

The author of Fair Weather is Richard Peck. Richard Peck is the celebrated author of over thirty novels. He's won a Newberry Medal for A Year Down Yonder, a Newberry Honor for its prequel, A Long Way From Chicago, and a Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in young adults literature. In 2002, he was awarded a National Humanities Medal by the president and First Lady Laura Bush. Richard Peck grew up in Decatur, Illinois, and now lives in New York City.

This book was a Historical Fiction book that contained a lot of authentic information. I researched on the, internet, some of the tools and inventions that were in it and found out that, yes, they had been invented around 1983, which was when the book took place. I did some research on the ferris wheel, the zoogyroscope, and the picture postcard.

I liked Fair Weather because it was interesting and made me want to read on. I also liked that it was about a different time period than the one that we're living in today , which allowed me to learn about how things were back then. I liked that it was a Historical Fiction book and it was educational and good to read at the same time. I also liked how the Chicago World Fair was so accurately described and how it was an adventure story. This book helped me learn some things about my topic, but there weren't as many tools and inventions in it as I had expected there would be. I would reccomend Fair Weather ,however, to those who enjoy books that are full of historical events and that are about adventure.

-Fernanda

Fair Weather.......2007-04-26

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Indians: A Play
Arthur L. Kopit
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In the Eye of the Storm (The Adventures of Young Buffalo Bill)

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In the Eye of the Storm (The Adventures of Young Buffalo Bill)
E. Cody Kimmel
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ASIN: 006029115X
Release Date: 2003-01-21

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Things have changed dramatically for nine-year-old Bill since his father left home. He is suddenly the man of the house and must help his family survive the bitter-cold winter. And to top it all off, he now has to go to school!

But with his new responsibilities come nightmares and worries. Bill has never felt more alone. Even his favorite sister, Julia, doesn't seem to understand him anymore. When Pa finally returns, frail and weak, life gets even more confusing. What is Bill's role in the family now? Can he stop the border ruffians, who have vowed to drive the Codys off their land, from returning?

The exciting third book in the ongoing adventure series about young Buffalo Bill, In the Eye of the Storm sweeps readers back into the exciting and dangerous world of America's frontier past.

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