Hollywood's West

Peter C. Rollins is Regents Professor Emeritus of English and American Film Studies at Oklahoma State University and is former editor of the journal Film & History.John E. O'Connor is professor emeritus of the Federated Department of History at New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University.

A vital study of genre. . . . Recommended." -Choice"Definitive in its own right . . . powerful essays." -Journal of American Culture"An excellent study that should interest film buffs, academics, and non-academics alike." -Journal of the West"Another strong compilation from the editors of Film & History . . . . Eclectic interpretations of an institution that will always be a part of the American landscape." -Robert Fyne, author of The Hollywood Propaganda of World War II"Framed by a solid introduction and, at the back end of it, an excellent filmography and a first-rate bibliography, Hollywood's West: The American Frontier in Film, Television, and History offers both canonical and revisionist insights into the Western. The editors plunge into their introduction with all the vigor of a Sooner land rush, attending to Western history, art, and scholarship at breakneck speed." -Armando Jose Prats, Great Plains Quarterly"An excellent contribution to the study of screen Westerns." -ISLE