The Rifleman

by Christopher Sharrett

A comprehensive analysis of what many consider to be television's most intelligent western.

The Rifleman is perhaps the most significant and intelligent of the TV westerns from the late 1950s--an era when the western was the dominant television genre. With its story of a single father raising a son in 1880s New Mexico, The Rifleman offered many alternatives to the conventions of the western. It also embodied many of the genre's contradictions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814330827
• ISBN13: 9780814330821
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 7.1"