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64 pp.
| National |
October, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-7922-7008-8$$17.95
(3)
4-6
While Annie Oakley does not seem to offer much meat for the biographer's table, Macy does a creditable job, distinctly voiced, of giving us the facts of Oakley's life, her sharpshooting accomplishments, and her stature as an American icon and folk hero. The plenitude of black-and-white and sepia-toned photographs is sometimes repetitive but always atmospheric. A chronology is included. Bib., ind.