A book that spans many worlds, Bridger is both the story of one man¿s artistic journey in creating a new art form and a revelatory overview of American popular culture since the 1950s.
Offers an account of the personal and artistic journey that led the author create a new American art form, the epic ballad. This title touches on almost every major musical, entertainment, and cultural movement of the second half of the twentieth century, with a cast of characters that reads like a 'Who's Who' of American popular culture.
Army scout, buffalo hunter, and Indian fighter, William F 'Buffalo Bill' Cody lived the real American West and also helped create the 'West of the imagination'. This title tells the dual story of Buffalo Bill and the Plains Indians that reveals how one West was lost, and another born, within the lifetime of one remarkable man.