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Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century America

the myth of the frontier in twentieth-century America

by Richard Slotkin

850 pages · 1992

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Examines the fundamental ways in which the frontier myth influences American culture and politics, drawing on dime novels, Hollywood westerns, and the writings of political figures.

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