Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-219) and index.
Contents:
Clint Eastwood : a new type of hero / Jim Hoy. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans : king and queen of the West / Raymond E. White -- Gene Autry : songs, sidekicks, and machines / Ray Merlock and Jack Nachbar -- John Ford : western mythmaker / Ronald L. Davis -- John Wayne : an American icon / John H. Lenihan -- Gary Cooper : cowboy, actor, gentleman / Louis Tanner -- Barbara Stanwyck : feminizing the western film / Glenda Riley -- Katy Jurado : Mexico's woman of the western / Cheryl J. Foote -- Jay Silverheels, Iron Eyes Cody, and Chief Dan George : native Americans and the imagined West / Gretchen M. Bataille -- Clint Eastwood : a new type of hero / Jim Hoy.
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