God Bless You, Buffalo Bill: A Layman's Guide to History and the Western FilmThis survey shows how the Old West differed from the movie West and how Hollywood distorted the era through careless anachronisms, myth-making and the glamorization of Western figures. Sarf presents minibiographies of Jesse James, Calamity Jane, Wyatt Earp, Belle Starr and others, contrasts them with the many glossy Hollywood versions of their lives and is critical of films such as Little Big Man and Butch Cassidy. Each chapter ends with a number of gossipy notes and includes a long annotated bibliography. ISBN 0-8386-3089-8 : $27.50. |
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Trail of the Fighting Pimps or Why Earp? | 29 |
Lead Poisoning or Dont Shoot with Your Eyes Closed | 74 |
Copyright | |
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