04034nam 2200601 a 450 991082071720332120230803024348.01-299-24121-20-19-933372-6(CKB)2560000000295310(EBL)3055108(OCoLC)828869667(SSID)ssj0000835395(PQKBManifestationID)11458150(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000835395(PQKBWorkID)10990466(PQKB)10277364(StDuBDS)EDZ0000124439(MiAaPQ)EBC3055108(EXLCZ)99256000000029531020120705d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe frontier club popular westerns and cultural power, 1880-1924 /Christine BoldNew York Oxford University Pressc20131 online resource (319 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-973179-9 0-19-933244-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface; The Frontier Club Western: An Introduction; FRONTIER CLUBMEN; VIGILANTE CLUBMEN; THE VIRGINIAN; CODA; 1. Boone and Crockett Writers; THE BOONE AND CROCKETT CLUB, 1893; BOONE AND CROCKETT CLUBMEN; Theodore Roosevelt; George Bird Grinnell; Owen Wister; Winthrop Chanler; Madison Grant; Henry Cabot Lodge; Caspar Whitney; Frederic Remington; THE BOOKS OF THE BOONE AND CROCKETT CLUB; Shaping the Voice; Clearing the Enclave; Writing the Frontier Club Western; Lobbying the Federal Government; CONCLUSION; 2. Cowboys and PublishersA VERY PROPER PHILADELPHIANFrontier Club Neurasthenia; A Man's Gotta Do...; ARISTOCRATS OUT WEST; Frontier Club Investments; The Cheyenne Club; Cowboys and Vigilantes; SHOWDOWN ON PUBLISHERS' ROW; Frontier Club Investments; The Frontier Club Western and the Literary Marketplace; THE FRONTIER CLUB VS. ALKALI IKE; CONCLUSION; 3. Women in the Frontier Club; FRONTIER CLUB WOMEN AND FAMILIES; THE WISTER WOMEN; MOLLY WISTER; WOMEN'S SPACE IN THE FRONTIER CLUB WESTERN; CONCLUSION; 4. Jim Crow and the Western; WISTER: "WHITE FOR A HUNDRED YEARS"; ROOSEVELT'S ROUGH RIDERS; The Black Rough RidersWhitening the Rough RiderREMINGTON: WITH THE EYE OF THE MIND; BLACK ROUGH RIDERS REDUX; Tearing a Piece off the Flag; "These cats was the original posse"; CONCLUSION; 5. Immigrants and Indians; VANISHING ACTS; IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION; Owen Wister; Madison Grant; AMERICAN INDIAN ASSIMILATION; George Bird Grinnell; CONCLUSION; 6. Outside the Frontier Club; PRINCESS CHINQUILLA; CHEEK BY JOWL; REWRITING 1902; CONCLUSION; Conclusion: Frontier Club Fingerprints; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z'The Frontier Club' is Christine Bold's name for the network of eastern aristocrats who created the western as we now most commonly know it. At the turn of the twentieth century, they yoked this most popular formula to their own elite causes - from big-game hunting to conservation, immigration restriction to Jim Crow segregation - and aligned themselves with cattle kings and 'quality' publishers. This book tells the story of that cultural sleight-of-hand.American literatureWest (U.S.)History and criticismWestern storiesHistory and criticismFrontier and pioneer life in literatureWest (U.S.)In literatureAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.Western storiesHistory and criticism.Frontier and pioneer life in literature.810.9/3278Bold Christine1955-1142591MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820717203321The frontier club4103753UNINA