A Pair of Shootists: The Wild West Story of S. F. Cody and Maud Lee

by Jerry Kuntz

Book Overview

In 1888, Samuel F. Cody, a twenty-one-year-old horse wrangler, met Maud Lee, a sixteen-year-old aspiring circus performer, while touring with the Wild West show cast of Adam Forepaugh's Circus. A quick rapport developed between the girl from Norristown, Pennsylvania, and the cowboy who dazzled audiences with his good looks and fancy pistol shooting.

A Pair of Shootists is the exuberant and sometimes heartbreaking story of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806141492
• ISBN13: 9780806141497
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 8.7"