Jeremy Agnew, a biomedical electronics consultant, holds a Ph.D. in engineering and has been involved in the design and manufacture of medical devices for more than 30 years. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and has written several books on the Old West.

• Table of ContentsTimeline of Notable Influences on the Perception of the Western HeroPreface1. There Have to Be Heroes2. The Legend Begins3. The Lure of the Dime Novels 4. The Great Showman 5. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West 6. More and More Wild West Shows7. Our Cowboy Heroes8. Flickering Images9. Tom Mix and the Flashy Showmen10. Pulp Magazines and ­Mass-Market Paperbacks11. Warbling Cowboys and the Silver Screen12. Brooding Heroes13. And a Suitable Heroine14. Violence Returns15. The Image PersistsPostscriptChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

Jeremy Agnew, a biomedical electronics consultant, holds a Ph.D. in engineering and has been involved in the design and manufacture of medical devices for more than 30 years. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and has written several books on the Old West.

• Table of ContentsTimeline of Notable Influences on the Perception of the Western HeroPreface1. There Have to Be Heroes2. The Legend Begins3. The Lure of the Dime Novels 4. The Great Showman 5. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West 6. More and More Wild West Shows7. Our Cowboy Heroes8. Flickering Images9. Tom Mix and the Flashy Showmen10. Pulp Magazines and ­Mass-Market Paperbacks11. Warbling Cowboys and the Silver Screen12. Brooding Heroes13. And a Suitable Heroine14. Violence Returns15. The Image PersistsPostscriptChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

Jeremy Agnew, a biomedical electronics consultant, holds a Ph.D. in engineering and has been involved in the design and manufacture of medical devices for more than 30 years. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and has written several books on the Old West.

• Table of ContentsTimeline of Notable Influences on the Perception of the Western HeroPreface1. There Have to Be Heroes2. The Legend Begins3. The Lure of the Dime Novels 4. The Great Showman 5. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West 6. More and More Wild West Shows7. Our Cowboy Heroes8. Flickering Images9. Tom Mix and the Flashy Showmen10. Pulp Magazines and ­Mass-Market Paperbacks11. Warbling Cowboys and the Silver Screen12. Brooding Heroes13. And a Suitable Heroine14. Violence Returns15. The Image PersistsPostscriptChapter NotesBibliographyIndex