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Topping the bill; Ross Reyburn discovers a new book on Wild West legend Buffalo Bill that reveals the showman as having had a tough time winning over a football crazy Birmingham.

Byline: Ross Reyburn

Has a stranger train ever arrived in Birmingham? On November 4, 1887, the Wild West came to the city when a locomotive steamed into the West Midlands industrial heartland with carriages containing 100 cowboys, 94 Indians, a dozen covered wagons, Indian wigwams and an assortment of horses, mules, elk and buffalo.

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show was proving a barnstorming success in Britain. At Earl's Court, more than 21/1 million Londoners had gathered to see the show that was part of American's contribution to Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee ...

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