(1860–1926) American sharpshooter, considered the greatest of all
time. Annie Oakley was famed for her incredible
stunts such as
shooting out flames of revolving candles while upside down on horseback and piercing the
thin edge of a playing
card with a
bullet. She began an autobiography which was never
completed due to her
death in 1926.
—SHSBC Binder 6 Approved Glossary