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Article: Wild West Shows and the Images of American Indians, 1883-1933.(Review) (book reviews)
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- The American Indian Quarterly
- Article date:
- September 22, 1998
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1998 University of Nebraska Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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L. G. Moses. Wild West Shows and the Images of American Indians, 1883-1933. Albuquerque: Univ. of New Mexico Press, 1996. 364 + xvii pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth, $39.95.
During the half-century between 1883 and 1933, audiences in America, Europe, and even Australia became familiar with a spectacle known as the Wild West show. Although William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody is most remembered as the entrepreneur who dominated this form of public entertainment, many others followed his lead. In an era before modern media, these shows depicted scenes from the nation's frontier past and relied heavily on Native American participation. Advertised as ...
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