Both lucky and extremely talented, Annie Oakley used her astonishing marksmanship to escape a poor childhood in Ohio and become the first female superstar in what had been a male-dominated profession.

Earning the reputation of being able to handle a horse better than most men ... Unlike Calamity Jane, though, Annie Oakley, the Quaker, retained her feminine style of dress with a calf-length ...

throws himself off his horse to dismount, and runs into Annie's kitchen] I remembered, Annie. I was way out in Bear Canyon and, all of a sudden, I remembered. Annie Oakley: Remembered what? Deputy ...

Annie Oakley was born Phoebe Moses, to a poor Quaker family and spent her early years living in a cabin in Darke County, on the western border of the state. Her father died when she was six. In 1870, ...