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Annie Oakley Paperback – April 6, 2023

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“Nothing more simple, I assure you. . . . But I’ll tell you what. You must have your mind, your nerve, and everything in harmony. Don’t look at your gun, simply follow the object with the end of it, as if the tip of the barrel was the point of your finger.”—Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley is a legend: America’s greatest female sharpshooter, a woman who triumphed in the masculine world of road shows and firearms. Despite her great fame, the popular image of Annie Oakley is far from true. She was neither a swaggering western gal nor a sweet little girl. Annie Oakley was a competitive woman resolved to be the best, and she succeeded. In this comprehensive biography Shirl Kasper sets the record straight, giving us an accurate, honest, and compelling portrait of the woman known as “Little Sure Shot.”

Now updated with a new afterword, this account illuminates the life and legend of Annie Oakley, including her start as a comedienne, her later life with Frank Butler, and her final years and struggles.
 
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Shirl Kasper, a former journalist with the Kansas City Star, is a historian for the National Park Service in Lakewood, Colorado.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ OUP (April 6, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0806132442
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0806132440
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.79 x 8.5 inches
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Don Wagner
5.0 out of 5 stars The Life of Annie Oakley
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2023
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Great book about Annie’s life. Very thoroughly researched and written in clearly understandable language.
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Daniel E. Conrad
5.0 out of 5 stars Antidote to the Musical
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2013
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Reading this absorbing account of the life of Annie Oakley gave me a new appreciation for this woman who went from childhood tragedy and utter poverty to becoming America's first female superstar. I haven't stopped loving the music in "Annie Get Your Gun" (Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better, etc) but see that it did the real Annie no favors--other than keeping her name a household word. This fast-paced and well researched and interestingly written account shows what an incredible talent, and interesting person, she was. I have a new hero! Oh, and that scene at the end of the musical where Annie deliberately loses a shooting match to win her man? Forget it. Nothing could be farther from the truth. She'd NEVER do that, and, besides, it was the man who was desperate to win Annie--and did so very early in life.
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Garman Lord
5.0 out of 5 stars Annie would have loved it
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2009
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This book is one of the best you could ask for on one of the least understood artifacts of Americana; Annie Oakley, the woman and the legend, the Cowgirl of the Golden West... NOT. In fact, who Annie really was is a far more fascinating tale than anything to be gleaned out of the "Annie get your gun-" type exploitational tributes and memorabilia, of which the real and unique Annie surely deserves better, and it's a tale Shirl Kasper tells consummately well. The text is sprightly, readable and lovingly detailed. To really know and understand Annie is to know and understand the America she lived in, about which our perceptions are more phony-baloney Ned Buntline-distorted than perhaps of any other American epoch. Excellent foundation volume for any American pop-cultural bookshelf.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2015
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5.0 out of 5 stars A page turner!!
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2003
What an excellent book!! I could not put this book down!! It is a definate page-turner!! Very well written. The author did her research as it gives an insight to a great historical figure. I highly recommend this book!!!
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Leonardo
3.0 out of 5 stars ... the cover with library stamped everywhere - however a good
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Didn't expect the book to have sellotape all over the cover with library stamped everywhere - however a good read
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