People need heroes and if they don’t have ‘em they have to invent ‘em. The Old West didn’t have that problem because they had an abundance of the real deal. They included hardrock miners, mountain men, railroad gandy dancers, muleskinners, stagecoach drivers, gunfighters, Native Americans, scouts and soldiers. All are the manifestation of hard work, independence, honest determination, elemental existence and self-reliance. And, in that Land of Giants the hero who stood head and shoul


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