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Wanted Dead or Alive: THE AMERICAN WEST IN POPULAR CULTURE
Aquila
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Description for Wanted Dead or Alive: THE AMERICAN WEST IN POPULAR CULTURE
Paperback. Editor(s): Aquila, Richard. Num Pages: 328 pages, 29 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
Ah, the Wild West! Wide open plains, beautiful sunsets, and thundering herds. Days when the cowboy was king, and good guys always wore white. The love affair with the American West has stood the test of time and survived competition from sports, electronic gadgets, and reality.
Wanted Dead or Alive presents the first-ever comprehensive look at how the American West has been depicted in popular culture. Following Richard Aquila's introduction, which examines the birth and growth of the pop culture West in the context of American history, noted experts explore developments in popular Western fiction, major forms of live ... Read more
Ah, the Wild West! Wide open plains, beautiful sunsets, and thundering herds. Days when the cowboy was king, and good guys always wore white. The love affair with the American West has stood the test of time and survived competition from sports, electronic gadgets, and reality.
Wanted Dead or Alive presents the first-ever comprehensive look at how the American West has been depicted in popular culture. Following Richard Aquila's introduction, which examines the birth and growth of the pop culture West in the context of American history, noted experts explore developments in popular Western fiction, major forms of live ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252065279
SKU
V9780252065279
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Aquila
Richard Aquila, a professor of history and director of the American Studies Program at Ball State University, is the author of The Iroquois Restoration: Iroquois Diplomacy on the Colonial Frontier, 1701-1754 and That Old Time Rock and Roll.
Reviews for Wanted Dead or Alive: THE AMERICAN WEST IN POPULAR CULTURE
"A valuable chronicle of the development of the Western story form across the mass media."
Michael T. Marsden, coeditor, Journal of Popular Film and Television
Michael T. Marsden, coeditor, Journal of Popular Film and Television