TRP's suggested reading

[MASCARO at humnet.ucla.edu]

But doesn't it also treat things like how the west was turned into the *West*?  How power 
and force create *History*?  How the language of the old west conlicted with the european 
world views of its first European settlers?  All a little fuzzy to me, too, but definitely NOT 
a simple *Western* for the dime novel rack.

johnny six guns
PS.  Thanks for the Richard Widmark, I misremembered Kirk Douglas!
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John Boylan writes:

>  Though my memories of it have dimmed, I can't believe that it was
>anything more than undergrad overenthusiasm that led to its TRP
>touting. _Warlock_'s take on the familiar tale is the clash between
>the town's business community, represented by the Earp-figure (law
>and, you guessed it, order) and the rural cowboy/outlaws (freedom
>and lawlessness).
>
>  Don't misunderstand me, it's a good Western. It's not a great
>novel.
>