02106oam 2200469 450 991081986540332120210623152055.00-8093-3789-4(CKB)4940000000597328(MiAaPQ)EBC6461444(EXLCZ)99494000000059732820210623d2020 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierImagining Wild Bill James Butler Hickok in war, media, and memory /Paul Ashdown; Edward CaudillCarbondale, Illinois :Southern Illinois University Press,[2020]©20201 online resource (274 pages) illustrations[Engaging the Civil War]0-8093-3788-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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."--Provided by publisher.Engaging the Civil War.Mass mediaFrontier and pioneer lifeWest (U.S.)BiographyMass media.Frontier and pioneer life.978.02092Ashdown Paul1944-1662489Caudill EdwardMiAaPQMiAaPQUtOrBLWBOOK9910819865403321Imagining Wild Bill4019219UNINA