Buffalo Bill’s Wild West: The First Reality Show in Essex

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Buffalo Bill was one of the most famous men in the world. For nearly twenty years he toured America, Britain and Europe with his own Wild West show. This was no circus – the cowboys were real cowboys, the Indians real Indians and the soldiers real soldiers. It was the world’s first reality show, fulfilling Buffalo Bill’s dream of bringing the excitement of the American frontier to mass audiences. It was a huge undertaking – three special trains were needed to transport it and the portable arena could seat more than 12,000 people. This book tells the extraordinary story of Buffalo Bill, his Wild West show and what happened when theyvisited several Essex towns in the early 1900s.