Buffalo Bill Bibliography

Blackstone, Sarah J.  The Business of Being Buffalo Bill: Selected Letters of William F. Cody,  1879-1917.  NY: Praeger, 1988.

Bridger, Bobby. Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull: Inventing the Wild West. Austin: University of
Texas Press, 2002.

Cody, Aldus Morrill. Phillip and Martha: Their Sons and Daughters....The Cody Family in North America. [n.p.]: The International Cody Family Association, Inc., 1986. 
This text supercedes previous works published in two parts in 1981 and 1982, with variant subtitles.

Cody, Louisa Frederici in collaboration with Courtney Ryley Cooper. Memories of Buffalo Bill.  NY: D. Appleton and Co., 1919.  Memoirs of the wife of William F. Cody.

Cody, William F.  The Life of Hon. William F. Cody ,Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography.  Hartford, Conn.: Frank Bliss, 1879. 
Widely republished under various titles and in various editions.  Recommended modern edition is that by University of Nebraska Press in 1978, containing a useful introduction by Don Russell.

Rosa, Joseph G. and Robin May.  Buffalo Bill and His Wild West: A Pictorial Biography.  Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1989.

Russell, Don.  The Lives and Legends of Buffalo Bill.  Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1960.  Recommended.

Sagala, Sandra. Buffalo Bill, Actor: A Chronicle of Cody's Theatrical Career. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 2002.

Sorg, Eric V. Buffalo Bill: Myth and Reality. Santa Fe, New. Mexico: Ancient City Press, 1998.

Walsh, Richard J. in collaboration with Milton S. Salisbury. The Making of Buffalo Bill: A Study  in Heroics.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1928.

Warren, Louis S. Buffalo Bill's America: William Cody and the Wild West Show. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.

Wetmore, Helen Cody.  Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody  "Buffalo Bill".  Duluth and Chicago: The Duluth Press Publishing Co./The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelly and Sons Co., 1899.  Republished as Last of the Great Scouts (Buffalo Bill) by Helen Cody Wetmore and Zane Grey, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1918.  Written by William F. Cody's sister.

Winchester, Juti. All the West's a Stage: Buffalo Bill, Cody, Wyoming and Western Heritage Presentation, 1846-1997. Thesis (Ph.D.) Northern Arizona University, 1999.

Yost, Nellie Snyder.  Buffalo Bill: His Family, Friends, Fame, Failures, and Fortunes.  Chicago: Sage Books, Swallow Press, Inc, 1979.

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