Life and Legacy of Annie Oakley

By Glenda Riley

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806135069
• ISBN13: 9780806135069
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

MMMMMM, MY GAL !!!

Love Annie ! Great book ! Lots of facts, easy read. One of my favorite Annie books.

An excellent concise reference

This was one of the sources that I used for my college term paper. Glenda Riley is concise and simple in her explanations; she does not "wander" in explaining and includes an extensive index which makes this an invaluable scholastic reference. I would recommend this book to anyone who would like to quickly sort out the fact from the ficition of Annie Oakley.

Academically Solid!

I've read many spurious versions of Annie Oakley's life. Now I don't have to read another, because I've seen the real story as documented by Riley. Her scholarship is outstanding, and she analyses Oakley's role as symbol of the showbiz Western myth as well as her quiet, hardworking life behind the scenes. If you like the dramatic lies, this book is not for you. If you want a portrait of Oakley as a woman and a symbol, read this.