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Explores narratives of American boyhood and frontier mythology to show how they worked against and through one another-and how this interaction shaped ideas about national character, identity, and progress.

However contested, western history is one of America's national origin stories that we turn to in times of upheaval. Dude ranches provide a tangible link from the real to the imagined past, and their popularity demonstrates how significant this link remains. This book tells their story-in all its familiar, eccentric, and often surprising detail.

Today, most remember "California Girl" Lillian Frances Smith (1871-1930) as Annie Oakley's chief competitor in the small world of the Wild West shows' female shooters. But the two women were quite different. This lively first biography chronicles the Wild West showbiz life that Smith led and explores the talents that made her a star.

The unique posters that branded Buffalo Bill's Wild West as the true Wild West experience attracted patrons from around to the traveling show. Michelle Delaney showcases these posters in colour, many of which have never before been reproduced, pairing them with new research into previously inaccessible manuscript and photograph collections.