TY  - BOOK
AU  - Herzberg,Bob
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Hang 'em high: law and disorder in western films and literature 
AV  - PN1995.9.W4 H44 2013eb
U1  - 791.43/6278 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Jefferson, N.C., London
PB  - McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers
KW  - Western films
KW  - United States
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - American fiction
KW  - Film adaptations
KW  - Motion pictures and history
KW  - West (U.S.)
KW  - In motion pictures
KW  - In literature
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Mistrials: 1929-1939-the depression, the talkies and manipulation of the law in the old west -- international hangmen: 1940-1949-war in the present and totalitarian behavior in the old west -- chaos: 1950-1955-the cold war, huac, and mob rule in the old west -- badge toters: 1956-1959-reafþrming the rule of law in the old west -- deadly force: 1960-1969-riding the vengeance trail as war breaks out at home and abroad -- bloodbath: 1970-1976-vietnam, race riots and abuse of the law in the old west -- reload: 1977-1992-american cynicism and revisionist western history -- back trail: 1993-2012-the last nineteen years; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - "This book discusses the many Western films as well as the novels they are based on, that illustrate distortions of the law in the Old West and the many ways, most of them marked by vengeance, in which its characters pursued justice"--
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10752755
ER  -