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His eyes had seen the glory—of the wild, wild, West... The life of Buffalo Bill Cody was as epic and exciting as the story of the West itself. Cowboy, Pony Express rider, Indian fighter, Union soldier, scout for General George Custer, slayer of Tall Bull and Yellow Hand—he saved Wild Bill Hickok's life, and beat the paths that made way for the railroad and the nation in America's rugged frontier. But now, in his final hours, old Bill
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Eagles series volume 16
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"A long way from Montana Territory, Falcon MacCallister is back east, visiting his family, with Buffalo Bill Cody by his side. When the government asks both men to take a break from being famous to get back to fighting, Falcon and Buffalo Bill head west--into a hornet's nest of trouble. A renegade Indian has followed his vision of bloodshed on a once peaceable territory. A land baron uses the slaughter as an excuse to clear out a valley. And the U.S....
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Series
Pub. Date
1991
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Black Sun
Terry C. Johnston
No one captures the glory, adventure and drama of the courageous men and women who tamped the American West like award-winning author Terry Johnston. His Plainsmen series brims with colorful characters, fierce battles and compelling historical lore.
Grueling winter gave way to bloody spring as Seamus Donegan and his fellow Army scouts rode west with the Kansas Pacific Railway. Led by the legendary "Buffalo" Bill Cody,...
6) Fair Weather
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
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In 1893, thirteen-year-old Rosie and members of her family travel from their Illinois farm to Chicago to visit Aunt Euterpe and attend the World's Columbian Exposition which, along with an encounter with Buffalo Bill and Lillian Russell, turns out to be a life-changing experience for everyone.
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Pub. Date
2006
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A Bullet for Buffalo Bill. No one knows better than the great showman William Cody what a burden fame can be, especially when he has to move quickly to narrowly dodge an assassin's bullet. Organizing a hunting party for himself and some would-be investors, Buffalo Bill knows he needs some professional protection, and the name Teddy Blue comes immediately to mind. The young Pinkerton agent with razor-edge instincts and dead-on aim once got Cody's pal...
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Adventures of young Buffalo Bill volume 1
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
Description
After the death of his brother, eight-year-old Bill Cody and his family set out from Iowa to make a new home for themselves in the volatile Kansas Territory.
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Pub. Date
2009
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Their names had become legendary: Buffalo Bill Cody, Wild Bill Hickok and Texas Jack Omohundro. After taming the West, more or less, these three living legends decide to tackle the wildest of all frontiers -- the theater stages of the East. Based on actual events, East of the Border follows the 1873-74 theatrical tour of the three famous frontiersmen as they play themselves in Wild West stage melodramas in Eastern cities. Each has his own story to...
11) One sky above us
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Series
Adventures of young Buffalo Bill volume 2
Pub. Date
c.2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
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Having settled on the Kansas frontier, young Bill Cody and his family try to make a home for themselves, coexist with their Kickapoo neighbors, and stand up as abolitionists in spite of their neighbors' proslavery beliefs.
12) To the frontier
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Series
Adventures of young Buffalo Bill volume 1
Pub. Date
c.2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
Description
After the death of his brother, eight-year-old Bill Cody and his family set out from Iowa to make a new home for themselves in the volatile Kansas Territory.
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Adventures of young Buffalo Bill volume 4
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
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Following the death of his father, Bill joins a wagon train to the west, where he is befriended by the famous marksman, Wild Bill Hickock.
14) One sky above us
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Series
Adventures of young Buffalo Bill volume 2
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Having settled on the Kansas frontier, young Bill Cody and his family try to make a home for themselves, coexist with their Kickapoo neighbors, and stand up as abolitionists in spite of their neighbors' pro-slavery beliefs.
Author
Series
Adventures of young Buffalo Bill volume 3
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
With the threat of further violence from pro-slavery border ruffians ever-present, nine-year-old Bill must run the farm, even after his father comes home to recuperate from his knife wound, and go to school.
Pub. Date
2013
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A romantic western set before the Civil War, The Young Riders is a fictionalized account of the heyday of the Pony Express mail service, which ran from 1860-1861. The focus is on a group of young express riders based in the Sweetwater, Kansas station, run by an ex-Texas ranger, and an all-around eccentric Teaspoon Hunter. Includes all 24 episodes of Season One.