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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Engaging the Civil War
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Engaging the Civil War.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837-1876.
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Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837-1876. |
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Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837-1876 -- In mass media.
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Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837-1876 -- In literature.
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Peace officers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
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Peace officers. |
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Biographies.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
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Frontier and pioneer life. |
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West (U.S.) -- Biography.
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Literature. |
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Mass media. |
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West United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Caudill, Edward, 1953- author.
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| Added Title |
James Butler Hickok in war, media, and memory |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ashdown, Paul, 1944- Imagining Wild Bill Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2020] 9780809337880 (DLC) 2019050547 |
| ISBN |
0809337894 |
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9780809337897 (electronic book) |
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9780809337880 (paperback) |
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