Television westerns [[electronic resource] ] : six decades of sagebrush sheriffs, scalawags, and sidewinders / / Alvin H. Marill

• Autore: Marill Alvin H
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (191 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.45/65878
• Soggetto topico: Western television programs - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword / by Jon Burlingame -- Introduction -- Defending range justice on the tube -- Coming of age on the tv frontier -- The western Disney style and the pivotal years -- From Wagon train and Bonanza to The Virginian and The big valley -- The made-for western saddles up -- The great western miniseries -- Cartoon westerns -- Western documentaries -- Western-themed series episodes -- Heading, alas, thataway!.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume looks at the Western as it was represented from the beginning of television, encompassing all manifestations of the Western, including such series as Bonanza, Gunsmoke, and The Wild, Wild West, as well as movies-of the-week, mini-series, failed pilots, animated programs, documentaries, and even Western-themed episodes of non-Western series that provided their own spin
• Titolo autorizzato: Television westerns
• ISBN: 1-283-09923-3; 9786613099235; 0-8108-8133-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790085903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II