Cowboy classics : the roots of the American western in the epic tradition / Kirsten Day.
Cowboy classics : the roots of the American western in the epic tradition / Kirsten Day.
Cowboy classics : the roots of the American western in the epic tradition / Kirsten Day.
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Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2016.
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G 2016/3760
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English
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x, 229 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
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text
still image
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unmediated
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volume
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Publisher
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2016.
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Scotland
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2016.
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In the American psyche, the Wild West is a mythic-historical place where the nation?s values and ideologies were formed. In this violent and uncertain world, the cowboy is the ultimate hero, fighting the bad guys, forging notions of manhood, and delineating what constitutes honor as he works to build civilization out of wilderness. Tales from this...
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Cowboy classics : the roots of the American western in the epic tradition / Kirsten Day.
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G 2016/3760
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74VKVq004VNb
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9781474402460 hardcover
1474402461 hardcover
DDC
791.4365878
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991024010733502626
