Annie Oakley (5 stars out of 5): A PBS program captures the complexity of an American original, Annie Oakley.

From: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) | Date: May 8, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Hal Boedeker

May 8--She was the first American woman to become a superstar, and her life was more fascinating than the fiction of Annie Get Your Gun. Sharpshooter Annie Oakley scored a bull's-eye in winning her country's affection, and a terrific PBS documentary explains how she did it.

Her appeal remains so strong in her photographs that you might think: Hey, I'd like to know that woman. Those pictures offer important clues to her character in Annie Oakley, which American Experience presents at 9 tonight on WMFE-Channel 24. She was a proud woman who ...

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