- 名称:An_Autobiography_Of_Buffalo_Bill
- 作者:Buffalo Bill
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An_Autobiography_Of_Buffalo_Bill
- Inhispubliccareer,WilliamCodystraddledtwoworldsandtwoeras.Bornin1846inIowa,hemovedwestasthenationexpandedtothePacific;hewasagenuineproductofthefrontierwhoservedasaPonyExpressrider,armyscout,andbig-gamehunter.Yetheachievedhisgreatestfameasthefrontierwasclosing,andhisWildWestshows,withtheirutilizationofmass-marketingtechniquesandelectronicgimmickry,clearlybelongtothetwentiethcentury.But,asWarrenrevealsinthisengrossingandthoroughlyenjoyablebiography,Codyhimself,andthepublicperceptionofhislife,werealwaysriddledwithcontradictions.Inlaterlife,Codyundeniablyembellishedhisaccomplishments,butWarrenshowsthat,asafrontiersman,Codywasthegenuinearticle.Hewasoftenself-centered,evennarcissistic,butheseemedtogenuinelylikepeopleandwasgeneroustoafault.Warrenhasprovidedanoutstandingexaminationofthelifeandtimesofanenigmatic"hero"whowasperhapsourfirstmedia-drivensuperstar……