Imagining Wild Bill James Butler Hickok in war, media, and memory / Paul Ashdown, and Edward Caudill.
| Author/creator | Ashdown, Paul, 1944- |
| Other author | Caudill, Edward, 1953- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2020] |
| Description | xi, 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | James Butler Hickok in war, media, and memory |
| Series | Engaging the Civil War |
| 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. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-243) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019050547 |
| ISBN | 9780809337880 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |