Describes changes in how the West has been seen, from a male-dominated frontier, to a region with a powerful sense of place, to a modern center of both genders,

From deserts to ghost towns, from national forests to California bungalows, many of the features of the western American landscape are well known to residents a

"This book is a survey of the movie Western that covers its history from the early silent era to recent spins on the genre in films such as No Country for Old M

The Western, with its stoic cowboys and quickhanded gunslingers, is an instantly recognizable American genre that has achieved worldwide success. Cultures aroun

Dennis Adler, award-winning author and photographer, and contributing editor to Guns of the Old West magazine, has woven together enthralling tales of the guns