On Sunday, October 26, from 1 to 4 p.m., the Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum will host a book signing with author Chris Enss. The event will introduce her new title, The Sharpshooter and the Showman: May Lillie, Pawnee Bill, and Their Wild West Show (2025, Farcountry Press), which features the detailed history of Pawnee Bill and his wife, May Lillie.

The era of Wild West Shows revealed America at its most enterprising. Pawnee Bill and May Manning Lillie embarked on a wild, sometimes tragic, but often joyful ride together—a love story that rose to every challenge and seized every opportunity that came their way. They made headlines in newspapers, won fans among European royalty, and captured the hearts of Americans from New England to California. The Sharpshooter and the Showman is their remarkable—and true—story.

About the author:

Chris Enss is a New York Times best-selling author who has been writing about women of the Old West for more than thirty years. She has penned more than fifty published books on the subject.