This books is two books in one. It includes both a short autobiography of Colonel William Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, and four extended accounts, written by Cody himself, describing several of his most famous adventures. Buffalo Bill was a larger-than-life character, right out of the old west, and his life was filled with remarkable adventures. He worked from a very young age as a scout, trail guide, Indian fighter, trapper, pony-express rider, and soldier and like many Westerners of his age, had a complex, non-politically-correct view of Indians.