INTRODUCTION 7 REAL COWBOYS 27
LEGENDARY FIGURES OF THE WILD WEST 57 THE WILD WEST IN POPULAR CULTURE 75
FROM RANCH TO RUNWAY 115 IMPRINT 176
Page 96 and this page: A poster for BRONCHO BILLY’S CONSCIENCE (Anderson, 1913), a Western short starring Gilbert M. “Broncho Billy” Anderson. Anderson played Billy a number of times between 1909 and 1915; not only the first Western film star, he co-owned the studio (Essanay) that produced most of his pictures.
Page 97: A poster for GOING WEST TO MAKE GOOD with Tom Mix (1916).
Opposite: Poster for THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY, an 1896 theatrical production written by Scott Marble.
THE STYLISH LIFE COWBOYS
ABE DAVIES
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