Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Mark Twain, the Gilded Age
A critique of a realistic novel of the Gilded Age entitled "The Gilded Age." "The title is a masterly epigraph on the flushed, corrupt period of the Reconstruction."
Stanford University
Dime Novels: Adventures of Buffalo Bill From Boyhood to Manhood
Dime novels were popular literature about the West. Stanford University Library offers this e-text of the dime novel about Buffalo Bill Cody's adventures in his early life.
Stanford University
Stanford University: Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls
A Stanford University site about popular literature during the Gilded Age.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Buffalo Bill in Show Business
This 3-part article explores how William Cody found his calling as "Buffalo Bill," in show business.
Stanford University
Dime Novels: Deadwood Dick's Doom; Or Calamity Jane's Last Adventure
This site provides the full text to the dime novel, "Deadwood Dick's Doom" (or "Calamity Jane's Last Adventure"), by Edward L. Wheeler, published in 1899.
PBS
Pbs the West: William F. Cody "Buffalo Bill"
Buffalo Bill Cody, whose life lent itself to myth-making, helped define the American West. Read this biography about the man from PBS' series on The West.