Myth of the West

[Andrew Dinn]

Ted Samsel writes:

> Hold on there buckaroo,
>    The myth of the 'Merkin West started long before Disney. Check out
> the Buntline dime novels, James Fenimore Cooper, Zane Grey, Owen Wister,
> Frederick Jackson Turner........

Oh yes, but for the bulk of the present generation it has had to be
*reinvented*. I think that's one of Vineland's points.

> (and for the Germans in this group, Karl "Shatterhand" May.)

>    Not to mention land and migration promoters...like the foax who
> brought you the Donner Party. Now that would be a good western story
> for TRP to work on..... (;-)


Andrew Dinn
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