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The Life and Legacy of Annie Oakley

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University of Oklahoma Press, Oct 1, 2002 - Biography & Autobiography - 272 pages

With a widowed mother and six siblings, Annie Oakley first became a trapper, hunter, and sharpshooter simply to put food on the table. Yet her genius with the gun eventually led to her stardom in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show during the latter half of the nineteenth century. The archetypal western woman, Annie Oakley urged women to take up shooting to procure food, protect themselves, and enjoy healthy exercise, yet she was also the proper Victorian lady, demurely dressed and skeptical about the value of women's suffrage. Glenda Riley presents the first interpretive biography of the complex woman who was Annie Oakley.

  

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A disappointment. For such a fascinating character, Riley manages to make Oakley seem boring. It's hard to believe that there is nothing to discovered about Oakley, but Riley takes 200+ pages to do just that.

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Enjoying it so far. Story from her childhood in Ohio to her days in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Read full review

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Contents

The show business
27
The birds were first class
63
To be considered a lady
112
Girl of the Western Plains
145
Why did I give up the arena?
176
The Legend
206
Who Was Annie Oakley?
231
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About the author (2002)

Glenda Riley, the author of numerous books regarding women in the American West, is the Alexander M. Bracken Professor of History at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.

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TitleThe Life and Legacy of Annie Oakley
Volume 7 of Oklahoma Western Biographies, Volume 7
AuthorGlenda Riley
Editionillustrated
PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press, 2002
ISBN0806135069, 9780806135069
Length272 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Historical
Biography & Autobiography / Women
History / United States / 19th Century
  
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