The one and only, on American Experience:
http://video.kera.org/video/2191652059

Related, on History Detectives:
http://video.kera.org/video/1910719116

Xela

I must admit I was tickled pink when I saw the names Mary Zeiss Stange and R. L. Wilson on this doc. Man, what a geek.

Mary Zeiss Stange:
http://www.amazon.com/Gun-Women-Firearm ... iss+stange

R. L. Wilson:
http://www.amazon.com/Silk-Steel-Women- ... ilson+silk

Xela

I love Annie Oakley.

Text of the pictured pamphlet available here: http://www.traphof.org/People-Stories/a ... -used.html

Fukshot wrote:I love Annie Oakley.

Text of the pictured pamphlet available here: http://www.traphof.org/People-Stories/a ... -used.html

Thanks Fukshot, this is very interesting. This in particular,

"My father was a mail carrier and made two trips a week to Greenville, which was the county-seat, a distance of twenty or forty miles a day—not very far in these days of good roads, but a long trip then over muddy roads, and very often through snow hub-deep. On each trip he carried my game, which he exchanged for ammunition, groceries, etc."

For according to the documentary, her father passed away before she started shooting game to help the family...

Hmmmm....

It seems Annie and Frank were no strangers of tall tales, which, according to one of the scholars interviewed, was not flat out out lying, just a sort of embellishment.

I bet if Annie were alive, she would kick my ass about now.

Xela

Interesting.

It is also probably significant that this is an advertizing piece and probably more prone to distortions than other sources. That is, if Annie even wrote the thing.

Fukshot wrote:Interesting.

It is also probably significant that this is an advertizing piece and probably more prone to distortions than other sources. That is, if Annie even wrote the thing.

In all fairness, her memories could have been referring to her second, or third, step-father. Sketchy memories and all.

It is an intriguing article nonetheless, whether viewed purely as an ad piece (and therefore, skeptically), or as possible remembrances of Oakley, or both.

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Xela