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l10 · 05-31-2011, 08:57 PM

I recently picked up a book at a garage sale about one of Buffalo Bill's contemporaries, Pawnee Bill. As a kid I wondered why Barnum and Bailey circus had all the wagons with the Native Americans and frontier scenes carved on them and this book answered that long ago question. Pawnee Bill had a show as famous as Buffalo Bills and he was the one who commissioned and used the wagons. As his show drifted away Buffalo Bill bought the wagons and further down the road Barnum and Bailey became the owners. You can see them in the movie with Charlton Heston.
Buffalo Bill took in Pawnee Bill during his last years.
Another good older book on Buffalo Bill was written by Murat Halstead who was a very popular writer of the times.
Many years ago I bought some antique stacking book shelfs from an older gentleman. I also bought some of the nicer looking older books as we removed them from the cases. A few years later I got around to reading this beautiful red leather covered book about Admiral Dewey written by Murat Halstead. As I closed the book, for the first time I notice the gold lettering on the cover It said, from "Murat Halstead, the author to my good friend Admiral George Dewey." It turned out to be Admiral Dewey's presentation copy. Fun find.

05-31-2011, 08:57 PM	#10
l10 User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I recently picked up a book at a garage sale about one of Buffalo Bill's contemporaries, Pawnee Bill. As a kid I wondered why Barnum and Bailey circus had all the wagons with the Native Americans and frontier scenes carved on them and this book answered that long ago question. Pawnee Bill had a show as famous as Buffalo Bills and he was the one who commissioned and used the wagons. As his show drifted away Buffalo Bill bought the wagons and further down the road Barnum and Bailey became the owners. You can see them in the movie with Charlton Heston. Buffalo Bill took in Pawnee Bill during his last years. Another good older book on Buffalo Bill was written by Murat Halstead who was a very popular writer of the times. Many years ago I bought some antique stacking book shelfs from an older gentleman. I also bought some of the nicer looking older books as we removed them from the cases. A few years later I got around to reading this beautiful red leather covered book about Admiral Dewey written by Murat Halstead. As I closed the book, for the first time I notice the gold lettering on the cover It said, from "Murat Halstead, the author to my good friend Admiral George Dewey." It turned out to be Admiral Dewey's presentation copy. Fun find.