In 1889 18.8%
www.popsci.com - By Shoshi Parks - 7/10/2026, 12:54 PM
Biased Writer Voice 40.3% - Appeal to Authority 18.1% - Anecdotal 17%
The French president and his wife were among the audience of thousands at the debut performance of Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show at the 1889 Paris World’s Fair. Cody’s raucous tribute to the golden age of the American West was already a huge sensation in the United States. In 1887, the show had taken the United Kingdom by storm. But... more