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Imagining Wild Bill : James Butler Hickok in war, media, and memory / Paul Ashdown; Edward Caudill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ashdown, Paul, 1944- author.
- Series:
- Engaging the Civil War.
- [Engaging the Civil War]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mass media.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale, Illinois : Southern Illinois University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "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."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8093-3789-4
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