The creation of the cowboy hero : fiction, film and fact /
"As business interests have commercialized the American West and publishers and studios have created a compelling image of the West, the expectations of readers and moviegoers have influenced public perception of the cowboy as a hero figure. This book describes the evolution of the Western cowb...
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2015]
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The creation of the cowboy hero : |b fiction, film and fact / |c Jeremy Agnew. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Jefferson, North Carolina : |b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, |c [2015] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2015 | |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a There have to be heroes -- The legend begins -- The lure of the dime novels -- The great showman -- Buffalo Bill's Wild West -- More and more wild west shows -- Our cowboy heroes -- Flickering images -- Tom Mix and the flashy showmen -- Pulp magazines and mass-market paperbacks -- Warbling cowboys and the silver screen -- Brooding heroes -- And a suitable heroine -- Violence returns -- The image persists. | |
| 520 | |a "As business interests have commercialized the American West and publishers and studios have created a compelling image of the West, the expectations of readers and moviegoers have influenced public perception of the cowboy as a hero figure. This book describes the evolution of the Western cowboy hero as a mythic persona created by dime novels, television and Hollywood"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 590 | |a Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Western films |z United States |x History and criticism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Cowboys in popular culture. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Western stories |x History and criticism. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a West (U.S.) |x In motion pictures. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a West (U.S.) |x In literature. | |
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