Westerns Collection

Author : Gary R. Edgerton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781135765088

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Westerns by Gary R. Edgerton Pdf

For nearly two centuries, Americans have embraced the Western like no other artistic genre. Creators and consumers alike have utilized this story form in literature, painting, film, radio and television to explore questions of national identity and purpose. Westerns: The Essential Collection comprises the Journal of Popular Film and Television’s rich and longstanding legacy of scholarship on Westerns with a new special issue devoted exclusively to the genre. This collection examines and analyzes the evolution and significance of the screen Western from its earliest beginnings to its current global reach and relevance in the 21st century. Westerns: The Essential Collection addresses the rise, fall and durability of the genre, and examines its preoccupation with multicultural matters in its organizational structure. Containing eighteen essays published between 1972 and 2011, this seminal work is divided into six sections covering Silent Westerns, Classic Westerns, Race and Westerns, Gender and Westerns, Revisionist Westerns and Westerns in Global Context. A wide range of international contributors offer original critical perspectives on the intricate relationship between American culture and Western films and television series. Westerns: The Essential Collection places the genre squarely within the broader aesthetic, socio-historical, cultural and political dimensions of life in the United States as well as internationally, where the Western has been reinvigorated and reinvented many times. This groundbreaking anthology illustrates how Western films and television series have been used to define the present and discover the future by looking backwards at America’s imagined past.

Author : Blythe Carver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Heartland Western Collection Set 1 by Blythe Carver Pdf

A Suitor for the Spurned Mail Order Bride Anna Dawson thought she had the perfect man. She had the perfect life planned out with her perfect man. She was marrying the town’s most eligible bachelor. Until she wasn’t. Suddenly, on her wedding day, she’s spurned. What’s a girl to do but run away, her head tucked low in shame? Daniel West’s got a problem. His uncle’s will states that in order to inherit his own parents’ property, Daniel’s got to have a wife before his next birthday. Before his next birthday? There doesn’t seem to be time to find and woo a wife. Until his sisters concoct a plan involving placing an advertisement for a mail order bride. Seemed like a great idea at the time, but it seems Mother Nature has other plans. No sooner had Daniel collected his mail order bride than an earthquake struck and destroyed the town, sending the two into a head-spinning day of search and rescue. Among all the ravages inflicted on the town, can Daniel and Anna find what they are seeking and rescue their attempts to find love? A Secret Admirer for the Mail Order Bride Tom McAllister has been betrothed to Martha Smith for all of his adult life. Their fathers arranged this and though during their younger ages Tom and Martha might have felt a spark, that’s long past. Now Tom’s stuck. He’s promised to Martha and yet his heart seems to beat faster when Amelia West strolls by. Amelia West is an honorable woman. She’s always done what’s right. She’d never fall for a man who belongs to another. Tell that to her heart. She’s found herself attracted to Tom McAllister though he’s betrothed to another. What’s a woman to do? Well, her sister-in-law Anna has a solution. Respond to a mail order bride ad. Little does Amelia know, Anna’s been doing some plotting of her own. The Outlaw Finds A Bride Landon Smith’s got a problem. He’s accused of murdering his dead wife. This has turned him into an outlaw, one running from justice. Only it’s not real justice. It’s the machinations of a few crooked individuals. Landon needs help. The kind of help that only the West family can provide. He’s heard of the Wests. Who in that part of the country hadn’t? So he seeks out their help under duplicitous means. Lucky for Landon, Rose West has taken a liking to him. And the feeling is reciprocated. But will she reject him after learning the truth? Will her brother Daniel West kick him out, or worse, turn him in to the law? The Royal Takes A Bride Emma’s found herself attracted to a newcomer in town. Definitely not the type she’d ever expected to be interested in. This is no rough and tumble cowhand. No sir. This is a duke’s son. One who was bred aboard, and yet has spent enough time at boarding schools in the new country to rid himself of most of the accent. Will this royal come to his senses and realize the western bloom practically in his backyard?

Author : Colton Storm
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 894 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Americana
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A Catalogue of the Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana by Colton Storm Pdf

Author : William MacLeod Raine
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 4654 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664557933

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WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE Ultimate Collection: 25 Western Novels & Adventure Books by William MacLeod Raine Pdf

This meticulously edited western collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Novels: A Daughter of Raasay Wyoming Ridgway of Montana A Texas Ranger Bucky O'Connor Mavericks Brand Blotters Crooked Trails and Straight The Vision Splendid The Pirate of Panama A Daughter of the Dons The Highgrader Steve Yeager Yukon Trail The Sheriff's Son A Man Four-Square The Big-Town Round-Up Oh, You Tex! Gunsight Pass Tangled Trails Man Size The Fighting Edge Troubled Waters Colorado Texas Man

Author : Andy Adams
Publisher : Litres
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9785041430566

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Cattle Brands: A Collection of Western Camp-Fire Stories by Andy Adams Pdf

Author : Owen Wister
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547768807

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Western Classics - Ultimate Collection: Historical Novels, Adventures & Action Romance Novels by Owen Wister Pdf

This carefully edited collection of adventure novels & western classics has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Owen Wister is an American writer and "father" of western fiction. When he started writing, he naturally inclined towards fiction set on the western frontier. Wister's most famous work remains the novel The Virginian, set in the Wild West. It describes the life of a cowboy who is a natural aristocrat, set against a highly mythologized version of the Johnson County War and taking the side of the large land owners. The Virginian paved the way for many more westerns by such authors as Zane Grey, Louis L'Amour, and several others. It is also widely regarded as being the first cowboy novel. Table of Contents: Lin McLean The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains Red Man and White Red Man and White Little Big Horn Medicine Specimen Jones The Serenade At Siskiyuo The General's Bluff Salvation Gap The Second Missouri Compromise La Tinaja Bonita A Pilgrim on the Gila The Jimmyjohn Boss A Kinsman of Red Cloud Sharon's Choice Napoleon Shave-Tail Twenty Minutes for Refreshments The Promised Land Hank's Woman Padre Ignacio: or, the Song of Temptation

Author : Zane Grey
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 12145 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547688204

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Zane Grey - Ultimate Collection: 60+ Western Classics, Historical Novels & Baseball Stories by Zane Grey Pdf

This collection contains the greatest western stories such as Riders of the Purple Sage, The Last Trail, The Mysterious Rider, The Border Legion, Desert Gold, The Last of the Plainsmen and many more. The edition also includes historical novels such as "Betty Zane" (a historical novel about Elizabeth "Betty" Zane McLaughlin Clark - a heroine of the Revolutionary War on the American frontier), "The Day of the Beast" (the story from World War I) and many other historical novels. You will find here are the exciting adventure novels such as "Ken Ward in the Jungle", "The UP Trail", "The Young Lion Hunter" and many more. The collection as well contains numerous baseball and fishing stories since the author Zane Grey vas very passionate about these sports. Table of Contents: Betty Zane The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley The Last of the Plainsmen The Last Trail The Short Stop The Heritage of the Desert The Young Forester The Young Pitcher The Young Lion Hunter Riders of the Purple Sage Ken Ward in the Jungle Desert Gold The Light of the Western Stars The Rustlers of Pecos County The Lone Star Ranger Rainbow Trail The Border Legion Wildfire The UP Trail The Desert of Wheat Tales of Fishes The Man of the Forest The Mysterious Rider To the Last Man The Day of the Beast Tales of Lonely Trails Wanderer of the Wasteland Tappan's Burro The Call of the Canyon Roping Lions in the Grand Canyon The Thundering Herd The Vanishing American Under the Tonto Rim Tales of the Angler's Eldorado, New Zealand Forlorn River Nevada Sunset Pass Arizona Ames The Drift Fence The Hash Knife Outfit The Code of the West Thunder Mountain The Trail Driver The Wilderness Trek Arizona Clan Raiders of Spanish Peaks ...

Author : Owen Wister
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 857 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788026865728

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WESTERN CLASSICS COLLECTION: The Promised Land, The Virginian, Lin McLean, Red Man and White, The Jimmyjohn Boss, Napoleon Shave-Tail, Hank's Woman, A Kinsman of Red Cloud, Padre Ignacio and more by Owen Wister Pdf

Author : Dawn Cropper,W. Boone Law
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784919771

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Rockshelter Excavations in the East Hamersley Range, Pilbara Region, Western Australia by Dawn Cropper,W. Boone Law Pdf

This volume offers a detailed study of six exceptional rockshelter sites from the inland Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Consisting of 18 chapters, it is rich with colour photographs, illustrations, and figures, including high-resolution images of the rockshelter sites, excavations, stratigraphic sections, cultural features, and artefacts.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1783850396

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Westerns by Anonim Pdf

Author : Western Society of Engineers (Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015073249966

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Journal of the Western Society of Engineers by Western Society of Engineers (Chicago, Ill.) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:35112101078667

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Monthly Western Jurist by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Materia medica
ISBN : UOM:39015080302527

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Western Druggist by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Fruit-culture
ISBN : MSU:31293031113479

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The Western Pomologist... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Oliver and Boyd's new Edinburgh almanac
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1230 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555074052

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Oliver & Boyd's new Edinburgh almanac and national repository. [With] Western suppl by Oliver and Boyd's new Edinburgh almanac Pdf