{"product_id":"buffalo-bill-and-the-mormons-9781496213181","title":"Buffalo Bill and the Mormons","description":"In this never-before-told history of Buffalo Bill and the Mormons, Brent M. Rogers presents the intersections in the epic histories of William F. \"Buffalo Bill\" Cody and the Latter-day Saints from 1846 through 1917. In Cody's autobiography he claimed to have been a member of the U.S. Army wagon train that was burned by the Saints during the Utah War of 1857-58. Less than twenty years later he began his stage career and gained notoriety by performing anti-Mormon dramas. By early 1900 he actively recruited Latter-day Saints to help build infrastructure and encourage growth in the region surrounding his town of Cody, Wyoming. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBuffalo Bill and the Mormons\u003c\/i\u003e Rogers unravels this history and the fascinating trajectory that took America's most famous celebrity from foe to friend of the Latter-day Saints. In doing so, the book demonstrates how the evolving relationship between Cody and the Latter-day Saints can help readers better understand the political and cultural perceptions of Mormons and the American West. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrent M. Rogers\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian and the managing historian for the Joseph Smith Papers. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eUnpopular Sovereignty: Mormons and the Federal Management of Early Utah Territory\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2017), winner of the 2018 Charles Redd Center-Phi Alpha Theta Book Award for the Best Book on the American West, and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eContingent Citizens: Shifting Perceptions of Latter-day Saints in American Political Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50616465326354,"sku":"9781496213181","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_33ae2bdd-9802-4925-9dea-da0facf7a23e.jpg?v=1732504768","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/buffalo-bill-and-the-mormons-9781496213181","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}