Telling Western Stories: From Buffalo Bill to Larry McMurtry

by Richard W. Etulain

Book Overview

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"