Author: George Catlin
Publisher: London : Published by the author at his Indian Collection, 1848 (London : W. Clowes)
Published: 1848
Total Pages: 100
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Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780252067877
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Wild West: a term that conjures up pictures of wagon trains, unspoiled prairies, Indians, rough 'n' ready cowboys, roundups, and buffalo herds. Where did this collection of images come from? Paul Reddin exposes the mythology of the American frontier as a carefully crafted product of the Wild West show. Focusing on such pivotal figures as George Catlin, Buffalo Bill Cody, and Tom Mix, Reddin traces the rise and fall of a popular entertainment shaped out of the "raw material of America." Buffalo Bill and other entertainers capitalized on public fascination with the danger, heroism, and courage associated with the frontier by continually modifying their presentation of the West to suit their audiences. Thus the Wild West show, contrary to its own claims of accuracy and authenticity, was highly selective in its representations of the West as well as widely influential in shaping the public image of life on the Great Plains. A uniquely American entertainment--colorful, energetic, unabashed, and, as Reddin demonstrates, self-made--the Wild West show exerted an appeal that was all but irresistible to a public hovering uncertainly between industrial progress and nostalgia for a romanticized past.
Author: United States National Museum
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Published: 1886
Total Pages: 1564
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Published: 1886
Total Pages: 1526
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States National Museum
Publisher:
Published: 1886
Total Pages: 1530
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents
Publisher:
Published: 1886
Total Pages: 1516
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