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Western Gunslingers in Fact and on Film: Hollywood's Famous Lawmen and Outlaws
ISBN: 9780786403967 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 349 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Billy the Kid, Wild Bill Hickok, the Younger Gang, the Dalton-Doolin Gang, Belle Starr, Wyatt Earp, and Bat Masterson - where does the truth end and the legend begin? Each chapter-length entry here first focuses on the known facts of the people's lives, and then compares the truth to how they have been portrayed in the movies.
Billy the Kid, Wild Bill Hickok, the Younger Gang, the Dalton-Doolin Gang, Belle Starr, Wyatt Earp, and Bat Masterson - where does the truth end and t...
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The Reel Cowboy: Essays on the Myth in Movies and Literature
ISBN: 9780786493654 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 319 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Movies and books have romanticised the life of the cowboy. To most, the heroes of countless Westerns fall into one of three categories: the strong, silent, asexual deliverer of damsels in distress; the slick and gaudy guitar-strummer; and the virile, violent drifter. In truth, real cowboys had little in common with the fictionalised characters of literature and the silver screen.
The reel cowboys of yesteryear are recalled in Part One of this work. The make-believe West of Gene Autry, Buck Jones, Harry Carey, and many others is contrasted with the real American West. Part Two discusses... Movies and books have romanticised the life of the cowboy. To most, the heroes of countless Westerns fall into one of three categories: the strong, si...
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The Cowboy: Six-Shooters, Songs, and Sex
ISBN: 9780806113418 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. One of America's unique contributions to world culture, the cowboy has captured the imagination of people everywhere. In "The Cowboy: Six-Shooters, Songs, and Sex, " eight renowned western writers report on what the cowboys really were like and what they are like today. Contributors detail how the cowboys lived, loved, and died, how they fared when ranchers switched from running cattle to entertaining dudes, and how the media have depicted the cowboy. One of America's unique contributions to world culture, the cowboy has captured the imagination of people everywhere. In "The Cowboy: Six-Shooters,... |
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