Annie Oakley: The Shooting Star

by Charles Parlin Graves, Louis F. Cary

A biography of the famous sharpshooter discusses her childhood, her success as a performer, and her relationships with such folk heroes of the day as Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull

78 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1991

About the author

Charles Parlin Graves, who wrote more than 20 children's books, died Wednesday, August 2nd of cancer in Phelps Memorial Hospital, North Tarrytown, N.Y. He was 61 years old and lived in Irvington‐on‐Hudson, N.Y.

Mr. Graves devoted himself in the last 14 years to writing children's books, mainly biographical, on such people as John F. and Robert F. Kennedy, Benjamin Franklin, Grandma Moses, Nellie Bly, Eleanor Roosevelt, John Muir and Mark Twain.

Earlier, he had been an advertising copy writer and had been with Dancer‐Fitzgerald Sample, Inc., and other agencies. In World War II he served with the Army in the Aleutian Islands and in the Pacific as a lieutenant.

He graduated from the University of Florida in 1933.

Reviews

[Jennie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed reading this informative fascinating introduction to Annie Oakley with Hosanna who wants to be a cowgirl.

[John Yelverton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a very fun and enjoyable biography of a pretty amazing woman and the obstacles she had to overcome to be named the greatest rifle shooter of her time.

[Laraine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a capturing story of Annie Oakley for a fifth grader. You can read it in one night and there’s pictures to help with the time period. It was written in 1961.