Compares the reality of Western history with its Hollywood treatment in movies.

A comprehensive film guide featuring films and television shows of the great American western. The stories of the men and women who tamed the old West. Also fea

For many years, movie audiences have carried on a love affair with the American West, believing Westerns are escapist entertainment of the best kind, harkening

American historians such as Frederick Jackson Turner have argued that the West has been the region that most clearly defines American democracy and the national