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Imagining Wild Bill : James Butler Hickok in war, media, and memory
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- Summary
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"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 a...
"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."--
Details
- Creator
- Paul Ashdown; Edward Caudill
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Carbondale, Illinois : Southern Illinois University Press, [2020]
- ©2020
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations
- ISBNs
- 9780809337897, 0809337894, 0809337886
- 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