Kellen Cutsforth - Buffalo Bill and the Birth of American Celebrity

Kellen Cutsforth is the author of Buffalo Bill, Boozers, Brothels, and Bare-Knuckle Brawlers: An Englishmans Journal of Adventure in America (TwoDot, 2015) and Buffalo Bills Wild West Coloring Book, and coauthor of Old West Showdown: Two Authors Wrangle over the Truth about the Mythic Old West (TwoDot, 2018). Since October 2018, Kellen has written a bimonthly column for the Western Writers of America (WWA) Roundup magazine titled Techno-Savvy, where he discusses new technology for authors. He has published over thirty articles featured in such publications as Wild West and True West magazines. Kellen is also an active member of the WWA and is the social media manager for their Twitter account. He is a veteran speaker and presenter and has given multiple presentations for numerous history groups, libraries, and genealogical organizations. Kellen is also a past president of the Denver Posse of Westerners history group.

MANUSCRIPTS AND PRIMARY RESOURCES

English Sporting Mens Travel in America Papers, WH121, Western History Collection, Denver Public Library.

Nate Salsbury Papers, M688, Western History Collection, Denver Public Library.

William F. Buffalo Bill Cody Collection, MS 6, Harold McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Historical Center.

William Frederick Cody/Buffalo Bill Papers, WH72, Western History Collection, Denver Public Library.

BOOKS

Barrow, Lauren M., Ron A. Rufo, and Saul Arambula. Police and Profiling in the United States: Applying Theory to Criminal Investigations. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2013.

Booth, Evelyn, edited by Kellen Cutsforth. Buffalo Bill, Boozers, Brothels, and Bare Knuckle Brawlers: An Englishmans Journal of Adventure in America. Billings, MT: TwoDot, 2015.

Bradley, Glenn D. The Story of the Pony Express: An Account of the Most Remarkable Mail Service Ever in Existence and Its Place in History. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1913.

Carter, Robert A. Buffalo Bill Cody: The Man Behind the Legend. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2002.

Cody, William F. Story of the Wild West and Campfire Chats. Philadelphia and St. Louis, MO: Historical Publishing Co., 1888.

Crighton, JD, and Herman W. Mudgett, MD. Holmes Own Story: Confessed 27 Murders, Lied, Then Died. Murrieta, CA: Aerobear Classics, 2018.

DeForest, Tim. Storytelling in the Pulps, Comics, and Radio: How Technology Changed Popular Fiction in America. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishing, 2004.

Enss, Chris. The Many Loves of Buffalo Bill: The True Story of Life on the Wild West Show. Helena, MT: TwoDot, 2010.

Friesen, Steve. Buffalo Bill: Scout, Showman, Visionary. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 2010.

Gallop, Alan. Buffalo Bills British Wild West. Gloucestershire, UK: Sutton Publishing, 2001.

Griffen, Charles Eldridge. Four Years in Europe with Buffalo Bill. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2010.

Gustaitis, Joseph. Chicagos Greatest Year1893: The White City and the Birth of a Modern Metropolis. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois Press, 2013.

Hickey, Donald R., Susan A. Wunder, and John R. Wunder. Nebraska Moments. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007.

Hulse, Ed. The Blood n Thunder Guide to Collecting Pulps. Morris Plains, NJ: Murania Press, 2009.

Kasson, Joy. Buffalo Bills Wild West: Celebrity, Memory, and Popular History. New York: Hill and Wang, 2000.

Keim, Norman O. Our Movie Houses: A History of Film & Cinematic Innovation in Central New York. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2008.

Larson, Erik. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, New York: Crown Publishing Group, 2003.

Longrigg, Roger. The History of Horse Racing. New York: Stein and Day Publishers, 1972.

Lyons, Martyn. Books: A Living History. London: Thames & Hudson, 2013.

Magoffin, Susan Shelby, edited by Stella M. Drumm. Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico: The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 18461847. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1962.

Majors, Alexander, edited by Prentiss Ingraham. Seventy Years on the Frontier: Alexander Majors Memoirs of a Lifetime on the Border. Columbus, OH: Longs College Book Co., 1950.

McIver, Stuart B. Dreamers, Schemers and Scalawags: The Florida Chronicles, Volume 1. Sarasota, FL: Pineapple Press, 1998.

Morehead, Albert H., Geoffrey Mott-Smith, and Philip D. Morehead. Hoyles Rules of Games, rev. ed. New York: Signet Publishing, 2001.

Parlett, David. Oxford Dictionary of Card Games. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1996.

Sagala, Sandra K. Buffalo Bill on Stage. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2008.

Saxon, A. H. P. T. Barnum: The Man and the Legend. New York: Columbia University, 1989.

Sorg, Eric V. Buffalo Bill: Myth & Reality. Santa Fe, NM: Ancient City, 1988

Spies, Karen Bornemann. Buffalo Bill Cody: Legend of the Wild West. Berkley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishing, 2015.

Stillman, Deanne. Blood Brothers: The Story of the Strange Friendship between Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2017.

Streeby, Shelley. American Sensations: Class, Empire, and the Production of Popular Culture, 2nd ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.

Walsh, Richard J. The Making of Buffalo Bill. Chicago: A.L. Burt and Co., 1928.

Warren, Louis S. Buffalo Bills America: William Cody and the Wild West Show. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.

PERIODICALS

Bailer, Darice. The View From/Bridgeport; Museum Invites Visitors to Step Right Up. New York Times, January 21, 2001, 14.

Billings Gazette. Grave of Buffalo Bills Promoter Will Finally Get Headstone. April 12, 2017.

Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 15. Pamphlet. London, 1844, 176.

Cutsforth, Kellen. Boozers, Brothels, Bare-Knuckle Brawlers, and Buffalo Bills Little-Known Business Partner. Denver Westerners Roundup, June 2016, 13.

Cutsforth, Kellen. Evelyn Booth Took a Shot at Fame as a Partner of Buffalo Bills Wild West: But Codys English Benefactor Is Largely Forgotten Today. Wild West, February 2014, 26.

Hovett, Ted. America on Display: Constructing and Containing Images of the United States. Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century 19, November 2009, 9.

Miller, Darlis A. Captain Jack Crawford: A Western Military Scout on the Chautauqua Circuit. South Dakota History 21, no. 3, 1991, 23637.

New York Times. The New Billiard-Player. September 21, 1875.

Omaha Bee. A Grand Success. May 21, 1883.

Omaha Daily Bee. Yank Adams, of Chicago. November 2, 1889, 2.

The Outing: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Recreation, Volume 6. Our Monthly Record. April to September 1885, 378.

Sagala, Sandra K. Buffalo Bill Cody v. Doc Carver: The Battle of the Wild West. Nebraska History, 2004, 4.

San Francisco Call. Citizens of Portland Credit Mastodon Story. September 12, 1903, 10.

The Sun. All Done with the Fingers: The Manner in Which Yank Adams Toys with the Spheres. June 14, 1891, 16.

INTERNET RESOURCES

#32 Buffalo Bills. Forbes.com. Accessed July 20, 2019. https://www.forbes.com/teams/buffalo-bills/#7e1cc1d9625d.

Arta Lucille Cody. Findagrave.com. Accessed July 30, 2019. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2887/arta-lucille-cody.

Battle of Summit Springs, Colorado. Legendsofamerica.com. Accessed February 2, 2019. https://www.legendsofamerica.com/battle-summit-springs-colorado/.