Legends and Folklore of the Old West
As the West unfolded, its legends were even bigger than life. The West was some sort of grand notion where fact and fiction freely intermingled and have all but become inseparable. The tall tales and folklore along with the beliefs and rituals of the Native Americans are as much a part of the legacy...
| Other Authors: | Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase. |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2011]
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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (45 min.) : sound, color. |
| Series: |
Real West.
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Table of Contents:
- The West: Landscape of American Imagination (3:58)
- Manifest Destiny (1:35)
- Interactions Between Europeans and Native Americans (3:01)
- Folk Heroes/Superheroes (3:41)
- Heroes: Mythic and Real (2:23)
- Legends of Bad Men/Social Bandits (2:54)
- Native-American Myths (6:35)
- Southwest and Spanish Explorers (3:31)
- Myths and the American Farmer (1:59)
- Enduring Tales of the West (2:40)
- Image of Soldiers of the Frontier (1:27)
- Myth of the White Woman (0:35)
- Wagon Train Myths (0:59)
- Myth of the Cowboy (1:34)
- Power of the Western Myth (2:50)
- Credits: Legends and Folklore of the Old West (1:31)