Telling Western Stories: From Buffalo Bill to Larry McMurtry

by Richard W. Etulain

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What has the western of literature and film contributed to American culture? Richard Etulain, the leading cultural historian of the West, answers that question by tracing four distinct storytelling traditions and exploring the indelible images each has left in the public's mind over the past 125 years. Our images of cowboys, lawmen, outlaws, and Indians come from a collage of sources, including Buffalo Bill, Frederick Jackson Turner, Calamity Jane,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0826321402

ISBN13:9780826321404

Release Date:August 1999

Publisher:University of New Mexico Press

Length:190 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

19th Century American Literature Criticism & Theory History History & Criticism Literature Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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