Autorentext

David Hamilton Murdoch

Klappentext
An entertaining study of the creation of the myth surrounding the enterprising settlement of the American Wild West, and of the cowboy as a hero.

Zusammenfassung
States that the Wild West of Hollywood and American folklore is nothing more than a functional myth. The author presents a sustained analysis of how the myth originated, and why? He demonstrates that the myth was invented, for the most part deliberately, and then outgrew the purpose of its inventors.