The Creation of the Cowboy Hero
Subtitle: Fiction, Film and Fact
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Dec 02, 2014
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780786478392
Description: "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"--
Notes: Source title: The Creation of the Cowboy Hero: Fiction, Film and Fact