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.
About the AuthorGlenda Riley is Alexander M. Bracken Professor Emeritus of History at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, and a past President of the Western History Association. Published works she has authored include
Women and Nature: Saving the ""Wild"" West and
Inventing the American WomanBook InformationISBN 9780806135069
Author Glenda RileyFormat Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint University of Oklahoma PressPublisher University of Oklahoma Press
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 133mm * 16mm