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This Old Bill

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This Old Bill is a 1984 historical Western novel by Loren D. Estleman about William F. Cody, the frontiersman better known as Buffalo Bill. The novel draws on episodes associated with Cody's work as a cowboy, Pony Express rider, scout, and showman, then follows the later period when the fame of his Wild West show begins to fade.

It is biographical fiction, not a factual biography, and presents Cody's life during a changing American era.

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This Old Bill scores 6.21/10 (Fair) on Lunoo, making it rated in the Western Novel category.
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