In his famous 1893 frontier thesis, Frederick Jackson Turner argued that the juncture between the civilization of East and the savagery of the...
The Mythic West That Matters Now
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Allen Barra
Not So Lonesome
Successful literary collaborations are rare. A few exceptions can be found, such as Mark Twain & Charles Dudley Warner (The Gilded Age), Charles...
Not So Lonesome
Successful literary collaborations are rare. A few exceptions can be found, such as Mark Twain & Charles Dudley Warner (The Gilded Age), Charles...
An Endless Attraction to Billy
Michael Wallis’s first outlaw biography was on Oklahoma’s social bandit Pretty Boy Floyd, published in 1992. Now he’s written Billy the Kid: The...
An Endless Attraction to Billy
Michael Wallis’s first outlaw biography was on Oklahoma’s social bandit Pretty Boy Floyd, published in 1992. Now he’s written Billy the Kid: The...
Doc Holliday’s Racist Killing?
Scratch the reputation of a legendary killer of the Old West, and you’ll find a layer of myth. Scratch that layer, and you’ll likely find another...
Larry McMurtry’s Creations
“The West,” Larry McMurtry wrote in his 1968 essay “Southwestern Literature,” “has produced many good books but perhaps, as yet, no great books.”...
Zorro Makes its Mark
For a guy who never existed, Zorro has had quite a year. April saw the publication of Zorro, the first serious fictional treatment of America’s...
Why Did The Alamo Flop?
First off, there were no male action stars and no hot babes, so there goes the action and sex-comedy crowds. Look at the four biggest grossing films...
Why Did The Alamo Flop?
First off, there were no male action stars and no hot babes, so there goes the action and sex-comedy crowds. Look at the four biggest grossing films...