This book is an autobiography of Buffalo Bill. After his father's death, he became a rider for the Pony Express at age 15, and during the American Civil War, he served the Union. One of the most famous and well-known figures of the American Old West, Buffalo Bill's legend began to spread when he was only 23. Shortly thereafter he started performing in shows that displayed cowboy themes and episodes from the frontier and Indian Wars. He founded Buffalo Bill's Wild West, first taking his large company on tours in the United States and, later to Great Britain and continental Europe.