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AMERICA'S BEST FEMALE SHARPSHOOTER - Lillian Smith By Julia Bricklin
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-10
0806156333
ISBN-13
9780806156330
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234268881
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
America's Best Female Sharpshooter : the Rise and Fall of Lillian Frances Smith
Publication Year
2017
Subject
Women, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / 19th Century, Modern / 20th Century, Women's Studies, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Series
William F. Cody Series on the History and Culture of the American West Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
15.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2016-043288
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Historian Julia Bricklin has shed light on this neglected woman's career, bringing her out of the shadows and shattering some misconceptions along the way. Bricklin has done Lillian and the history of women in the American West a great service by bringing the shootist's life to public attention."-- Story Circle Network Reviews, Although Lillian Smith surpassed Annie Oakley in shooting ability, most histories of the West have overlooked her. In America's Best Female Sharpshooter , Julia Bricklin painstakingly reconstructs Smith's career, including her transformation for the stage into the Indian persona "Princess Wenona." In this definitive work on Lillian Smith, Bricklin has made a significant contribution to studies of women in the American West. -- James D. McLaird, author of Calamity Jane: The Woman and the Legend
Series Volume Number
2
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
799.3/1092 B
Synopsis
Drawing on family records, press accounts, interviews, and numerous other sources, historian Julia Bricklin peels away the myths that enshroud Smith's fifty-year career. Known as "The California Huntress" before she was ten years old, Smith was a professional sharpshooter by the time she reached her teens, shooting targets from the back of a galloping horse in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West., Today, most remember "California Girl" Lillian Frances Smith (1871-1930) as Annie Oakley's chief competitor in the small world of the Wild West shows' female shooters. But the two women were quite different: Oakley's conservative "prairie beauty" persona clashed with Smith's tendency to wear flashy clothes and keep company with the cowboys and American Indians she performed with. This lively first biography chronicles the Wild West showbiz life that Smith led and explores the talents that made her a star. Drawing on family records, press accounts, interviews, and numerous other sources, historian Julia Bricklin peels away the myths that enshroud Smith's fifty-year career. Known as "The California Huntress" before she was ten years old, Smith was a professional sharpshooter by the time she reached her teens, shooting targets from the back of a galloping horse in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West. Not only did Cody offer $10,000 to anyone who could beat her, but he gave her top billing, setting the stage for her rivalry with Annie Oakley. Being the best female sharpshooter in the United States was not enough, however, to differentiate Lillian Smith from Oakley and a growing number of ladylike cowgirls. So Smith reinvented herself as "Princess Wenona," a Sioux with a violent and romantic past. Performing with Cody and other showmen such as Pawnee Bill and the Miller brothers, Smith led a tumultuous private life, eventually taking up the shield of a forged Indian persona. The morals of the time encouraged public criticism of Smith's lack of Victorian femininity, and the press's tendency to play up her rivalry with Oakley eventually overshadowed Smith's own legacy. In the end, as author Julia Bricklin shows, Smith cared more about living her life on her own terms than about her public image. Unlike her competitors who shot to make a living, Lillian Smith lived to shoot.
LC Classification Number
GV1157.S65B75 2016
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