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    A Common Meal Buffalo Bills restaurant is a well-known restaurant that sits at the heart of Hayward on B Street. It is surrounded by a chain of many other fine dining restaurants, but none as good as the western inspired Buffalo Bills. On the outside of the restaurant at first glance it reminds you of an old Italian place, yet the name “Buffalo Bills” set your mind at askew when you notice the western title compared to the Italian landscape outside. Buffalo Bills has a variety of delicious Soups

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    Buffalo Bill and Disney More than seventy years after Buffalo Bill “taught” the history of the West to a curious nation, Disneyland embarked on a strikingly similar course. Relying on creative marketing, star appeal, the American fascination with all things western, and, most important, an exceedingly glib portrayal of history, Disneyland in a strange way completed the story that Buffalo Bill started in 1883. Although the eras, to be sure, were decidedly different, history was delivered in exactly

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    herders that controlled buffalo and used the fertile soil to make a living. The story of “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West: Celebrity, Memory, and Popular History” shows how a man can start with nothing and grow to be a publicly recognized figure. The author of this story, Joy S. Kasson, recounts Buffalo Bill’s life and the decisions he made along the way along with how the actions he took affected the events around him. This story, that takes a biographic approach, tells of Buffalo Bill’s influence in society

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    “next to of course god america i”, “the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls”, and “[Buffalo Bill’s] e e cummings paints a very grim picture of American ideals and shows his disdain for much of the cultural identity that Americans share. In the poems “next to of course god america i” and “the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls” he lampoons politicians and a certain class of women. In “[Buffalo Bill’s]” he declares a cultural icon to be “defunct” and within the other two poems he calls

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    Buffalo Bill One of the most colorful figures of the Old West became the best known spokesman for the New West. He was born William Frederick Cody in Iowa in 1846. At 22, in Kansas, he was rechristened "Buffalo Bill". He had been a trapper, a bullwhacker, a Colorado "Fifty-Niner", Pony Express rider (1860), wagonmaster, stagecoach driver, Civil War soldier, and even hotel manager. He earned his nickname for his skill while supplying Kansas Pacific Railroad workers with buffalo meat. He was

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    Buffalo Bill      William Frederick Cody, also known as Buffalo Bill, was born into an anti-slavery family. He had a rough childhood, but despite this hardship he grew up to be an adventurous wild west showman, and achieve many historical goals.      On February 26, 1846, near the small town of LeClair, Iowa, William F. Cody was born to Isacc and Marry Ann Cody. At the time William had two sisters, Martha and Julia, and a brother, Samuel. But he

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    William Buffalo Bill Cody Buffalo Bill was one of the most interesting figures of the old west, and the best known spokesman of the new west. Buffalo Bill was born in 1846 and his real name was William Frederick Cody. Cody was many things. He was a trapper, bullwhacker, Colorado 'Fifty-Niner';, Pony Express rider, Civil War soldier, wagonmaster, stagecoach driver, and even a manager of a hotel. He changed his name to Buffalo Bill sometime in his early twenties for his skill while supplying railroad

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    as “Buffalo Bill,” William Cody was a man who the American people and his own exaggeration and stories turned from a normal, hard working man, into a legend. “Buffalo Bill” is known for his real life experiences on the western frontier, his army career, and his acting career based on the experiences that he had throughout his life. This paper will cover William F. Cody’s, or “Buffalo Bill’s” scalping of Yellow Hair, his 24 mile ride on one horse, and how he allegedly killed over 4,000 buffalo. In

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    Buffalo Bill was always a hard and extravagant worker. He started working at the age of 11 and he enjoyed it. But he had always had a passion for adventure, so he finally found a job that involved both; the Pony Express. The Pony Express was the job that had everything that fascinated him. Buffalo Bill soon got this job at the age of 14 and what he liked about it was he had already been use to going fast on horseback, the further you went the more the pay was, and he has always had an appetite for

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    Buffalo Bill: Insecure Murderer In order to better understand the serial killer, Buffalo Bill, we must first understand what motivates him to kill. I will be using three theses to state my claims in this paper and they are the following: Thesis 1: The Monster's Body is a Cultural Body, Thesis 2: The Monster Always Escapes, and Thesis 4: The Monster Dwells at the Gates of Difference. The purpose of this paper is to dissect Buffalo Bill's monstrosity and to examine what sets him apart from the rest

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