The Locator -- [(subject = "Firearms--United States")]

239 records matched your query       


Record 16 | Previous Record | MARC Display | Next Record | Search Results
Author:
Bricklin, Julia, 1970- author.
Title:
America's best female sharpshooter : the rise and fall of Lillian Frances Smith / Julia Bricklin.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
University of Oklahoma Press,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
xiii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Smith, Lillian Frances,--1871-1930.
Shooters of firearms--United States--Biography.
Entertainers--United States--Biography.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Women--West (U.S.)--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Never alone, never lonely -- Buffalo Bill, Queen Victoria, and Little Sure Shot -- A tough transition -- Wenona and Frank -- Sioux legacy, the 101, and easier living -- New friends, old friends -- The girl in California -- Sunlight in Oklahoma -- Afterword: Recoil -- Appendix: Lillian's guns.
Summary:
"Chronicles the fifty-year career of "California Girl" Lillian Frances Smith and explores the sharpshooting talents that made her a star in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show."--Provided by publisher.
Series:
William F. Cody series on the history and culture of the American West ; volume 2
ISBN:
0806156333 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780806156330 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)959373176
LCCN:
2016043288
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

Initiate Another SILO Locator Search

This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.