The American Wild West occupies a unique place in the global imagination, a mythological landscape populated by quick-draw gunslingers, solitary cowboys riding into sunsets, lawless frontier towns ...
In “The Gunfighters,” the journalist Bryan Burrough offers a lively look at the legends and myths of the Wild West. By Paul Begala Paul Begala is a political strategist from Missouri City, Texas. He ...
The Wild West is born out of the desperation following the Civil War. The Wild West is born out of the desperation following the Civil War. Outlaws rampage and rob, while lawmen become legends. Though ...
Author Bryan Burrough and his new book, “The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild.” One of the enduring images of the Old West era is that of the gun-slinging cowboy, which was popularized by ...
I. The West without a West: the Indians: Introduction to Part I -- Beginnings: A Navajo creation song; In a hard land / Margaret M. Wheat; In a land of plenty / Frank Boas ; Timeless laughter: Coyote ...