Annie Oakley, Woman at Arms

About this film

LibriVox recording of Annie Oakley, Woman at Arms by Courtney Ryley Cooper. Read in English by Barry Eads. Annie Oakley was without a doubt the greatest markswomen who ever lived. She was christened Phoebe Ann Mosey but was called Annie from childhood. Oakley was the stage name that she assumed when she first started to perform with Frank Butler. From obscure and impoverished beginnings, she made herself into the best known woman of her time, propelled by an indomitable spirit and an uncanny shooting ability. We learn of her enduring marriage to Frank Butler and their first meeting — a shooting match in which the seemingly delicate young girl defeated the professional marksman; her association with Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show and its triumphal tour through Europe and America; the train crash that nearly took her life and her years as an actress and teacher. Yet with all her many successes she preserved her warmth, dedication and integrity. Her story remains to this day one of the grandest to have come out of the Old West. - Summary from the jacket cover For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if avail…

Directors & creators

Courtney Ryley Cooper

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;biography; buffalo bill; sitting bull; annie oakley; sharpshooter; frank butler; phobe ann mozee

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