This is a scarce second edition of "Stirring Lives of Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill" written by Frank C. Cooper and published in 1912. The book serves as a brief biography of the two Western figures with a wonderfully decorated cover and numerous illustrations throughout. An American soldier, bison hunter, and showman, William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody was 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. In 1869, the 23-year-old Cody met Ned Buntline, who later published a story based on Cody's adventures (largely invented by the writer) in Street and Smith's New York Weekly and then published a highly successful novel, Buffalo Bill, King of the Bordermen, which was first serialized on the front page of the Chicago Tribune, beginning that December 15. Many other sequels followed by Buntline, Prentiss Ingraham and others from the 1870s through the early part of the twentieth century. Cody later became world-famous for Buffalo Bill's Wild West, a touring show which traveled around the United States, Great Britain, and Continental Europe. Audiences were enthusiastic about seeing a piece of the American West. Emilio Salgari, a noted Italian writer of adventure stories, met Buffalo Bill when he came to Italy and saw his show; Salgari later featured Cody as a hero in some of his novels. 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 in 1883, taking his large company on tours in the United States and, beginning in 1887, in Great Britain and continental Europe. Gordon William Lillie, known professionally as Pawnee Bill, was an American showman and performer who specialized in Wild West shows and was known for his short partnership with William "Buffalo" Bill Cody. At the age of 19, he was working on the Pawnee Indian agency in Indian Territory. In 1883, he was given the chance to work as the Pawnee interpreter with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. His work with the show was the origin of his nickname as "Pawnee Bill." In 2010, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. The book is in good condition, some foxing on pages but otherwise no other damages noted. It measures 5.5"W x 7.5"H x 1"D.