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The American West from fiction (1823-1976) into film (1909-1986)

Title
The American West from fiction (1823-1976) into film (1909-1986) / by Jim Hitt.
Author
Hitt, Jim, 1939-
Publication
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©1990.

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Description
ix, 374 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Subject
  • Geschichte 1823-1976
  • Geschichte 1909-1986
  • Western stories > Film adaptations
  • Western films > History and criticism
  • Film adaptations > History and criticism
  • Westerns > Histoire et critique
  • Adaptations cinématographiques > Histoire et critique
  • Film adaptations
  • Literature
  • Motion pictures
  • Western films
  • Western stories
  • Film
  • Literatur
  • Verfilmung
  • Western Film
  • Westernliteratur
  • Westernroman
  • Geschichte (1823-1976)
  • Geschichte (1909-1986)
  • Film
  • West (U.S.) > In literature
  • West (U.S.) > In motion pictures
  • West United States
  • USA > Weststaaten
  • USA
  • USA
  • Fiction in English American writers Adaptations: American cinema films, history
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Film adaptations.
  • Adaptations cinématographiques.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
pt. 1: Red man, white man -- East is west -- Mountain men -- Cavalry to the rescue -- Scouting for the army -- Wagon trains and settlers -- Shadow warriors -- pt. 2: Six-gun heroes -- The creation of a myth -- Zane Grey -- Other writers of the purple sage -- The western grows up -- The new traditionalists -- pt. 3: The new west -- The revisionists -- The modern west -- They went thataway: closing thoughts.
ISBN
  • 0899503780
  • 9780899503783
LCCN
89042723
OCLC
  • ocm20356374
  • 20356374
  • SCSB-1889154
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library