Exciting stories of buffalo hunts, adventures among Indians, stagecoach travel, and riding with the Pony Express highlight these memoirs of Colonel William F. Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill. In a personal narrative as thrilling as the most colorful fiction, readers are taken through the frontier he knew and loved. It starts out with his frontier boyhood as a cattlehand, and concludes with the triumphs of his Wild West Show. Along the way are countless fascinating tales and 8 detailed illustrations by famed artist N.C. Wyeth. Anyone interested in the Old West will love this book, and the general reader will find themselves spellbound by the lively and readable memoirs.