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You are a very; very clever little girl. mdash; Queen Victoria to Annie OakleyHer life was the stuff of legend mdash; from humble Quaker origins in Darke County; Ohio; Annie Oakley (nee Phoebe Ann Moses) rose to the heights of renown as a world-famous entertainer and featured performer with Buffalo Bills Wild West extravaganza. Her self-discipline; showmanship; and legendary gifts as a sharpshooter earned her the adulation of millions; yet to close friends she was always a generous; gentle woman. She excelled in a mans sport but never lost her feminine appeal.This volume provides a wonderful behind-the-scenes look at the life and career of Annie Oakley mdash; her impoverished girlhood; long and devoted marriage to Frank Butler; early years with the Sells Brothers Circus; and especially seventeen years spent touring with Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody); playing to packed arenas in America and Europe.More than 100 rare photographs; posters; handbills; and other memorabilia document Annie; Buffalo Bill; Johnnie Baker; and other members of the famous troupe; the show on tour in Europe; Annies celebrated trick shots; famous visitors; etc. In a career that spanned more than 40 years (1882ndash;1925); Annie Oakley accumulated a remarkable store of memorable experiences: command performances before the crowned heads of Europe; adoption by Sitting Bull (who named her "Little Sure Shot"); and an appearance before the first motion-picture camera; Edisons Kinetograph; in 1894. These and many other outstanding moments come to vivid life in Mrs. Sayers fascinating and informative text.Through the years; the life and legend of Annie Oakley have been immortalized on stage; film and TV; and in books. Yet few presentations offer as revealing and intimate a look at a genuine American folk heroine as this book. In addition; nostalgia buffs; show-business historians; and Americana enthusiasts will find it an informative account of life with one of the greatest entertainment spectacles of nineteenth-century America: Buffalo Bills Wild West.Original Dover publication.