western films

"More than a history of Western movies, [this book] intertwines film history, the history of the American West, and American social history into one . . . volume"--Provided by publisher.

Jack Crabb, a 121-year-old man who claims to be the only white survivor of Custer's Last Stand, regales a twentieth-century historian with an account of his life as an orphan adopted and raised by the Cheyenne, and the results of his forays into the world of white men.

Ex-confederate soldier Ethan Edwards searches five years for his niece, the only member of his family to survive a Comanche massacre.

Two retired, down-on-their-luck outlaws pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of the remote Wyoming town of Big Whiskey.

A tongue-in-cheek western set in the frontier town of Bottleneck about a lawman with an aversion to guns and a cabaret girl at the Bloody Gulch Saloon.

Barbie plays the character of Samantha in a film about a cowgirl who loves riding horses and who comes up with a clever idea for saving her family farm.

Offers detailed accounts of the making of three classic Western films, "High Noon," "Shane," and "The Searchers".