The Wild West, or A history of the Wild West shows (History Ebook).pdf

pdf / English / 1970 / 150 pages / 22.8 MB

THE WILD WEST by Don Russell

The image of the American West as portrayed in dime novels and Hollywood movies has circled the globe, penetrating Latin, Oriental, and African cultures. "Cowboy" is a universal word, almost as well understood in Peru as in Portland. Historically this is largely due to America's traveling exhibitions of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Wild West Show. Bursting from the heart of America—North Platte