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1. 1. Cowboy Life

   Reconstructing an American Myth

   

   Cowboy Life studies the historical and legendary dimensions of the American cowboy. It contrasts the mythic image in popular culture with firsthand accounts of daily life on the southern Great Plains from the 1860s to about 1900, including Texas, Indian Territory, and Kansas. A new preface and afterword by William W. Savage Jr. discuss how the cowboy myth has evolved in the past two decades and the impact of the new Western history and films such as Lonesome Dove on popular culture.

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