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Article: Chartier, JoAnn & Enss, Chris. Love untamed; romances of the Old West.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
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- November 1, 2002
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Globe Pequot, Twodot. 150p. illus. bibliog. index. c2002. 0-7627-1142-6. $10.95. SA
Cole Porter's Annie Get Your Gun introduced a vast number of mid-20th century Americans to the vibrant personality of Annie Oakley. Frank Butler and Annie Oakley were a pair: first as a rather conventional married couple and then as a touring vaudeville team. Annie Oakley proved to be the better shot and crowd pleaser, so her husband stopped appearing on stage and became her manager. They toured in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, and eventually in their own venue until her death in 1926. Frank Butler died within the month. The 13 couples in these stories of true love lived and ...
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Article: Annie Oakley (5 stars out of 5): A PBS program ...
Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL);
May 8, 2006 ;
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... ... of Annie Get Your Gun. Sharpshooter Annie Oakley scored a bull's-eye in winning her ... important clues to her character in Annie Oakley, which American Experience presents ... than Berlin's rousing musical. "If Annie Oakley were simply the cowgirl or simply the ...
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