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Ashdown Paul <1944-> |
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Titolo |
Imagining Wild Bill : James Butler Hickok in war, media, and memory / / Paul Ashdown; Edward Caudill |
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Carbondale, Illinois : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , [2020] |
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©2020 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mass media |
Frontier and pioneer life |
West (U.S.) Biography |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Strange Ripples: A Brief Life Story -- Hickok and the Press: A Durable Story -- Dime Novels: The West Conquers the East -- A Country in the Mind: Hickok in Literature -- Box Office Bill: Hickok in the Movies -- Fancied Up Rooster: Hickok in Radio and Television -- Scribes and Tourists: The Hickok Hunters in Deadwood -- Conclusions: The Last Remaining Home -- Epilogue: Hickok in Biography and History; An Essay on Sources. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"By investigating the allure and power of Wild Bill Hickok's myth, Ashdown and Caudill explain how American journalism and popular culture have shaped the way Civil War-era figures are remembered and reveal how Americans have embraced violence as entertainment."-- |
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