for me, the definitive account of these issues in covered--and then some!--in Richard Slotkin's terrific trilogy, the most relevant volume being the third, appropriately called "Gunfighter Nation." highly, highly recommend it, especially if you're concerned with the larger cultural implications of westerns. obviously, those implications …
for me, the definitive account of these issues in covered--and then some!--in Richard Slotkin's terrific trilogy, the most relevant volume being the third, appropriately called "Gunfighter Nation." highly, highly recommend it, especially if you're concerned with the larger cultural implications of westerns. obviously, those implications are HUGE.
so glad I spent a lot of time in graduate school hanging out with American History Ph.D candidates.
for me, the definitive account of these issues in covered--and then some!--in Richard Slotkin's terrific trilogy, the most relevant volume being the third, appropriately called "Gunfighter Nation." highly, highly recommend it, especially if you're concerned with the larger cultural implications of westerns. obviously, those implications are HUGE.
so glad I spent a lot of time in graduate school hanging out with American History Ph.D candidates.