The End and the Myth (TLOW) (Four Stars)

One of the Time-Life Old West series, this volume looks at the passing of the wild west, or rather how it went from a way of frontier life to a part of the American story, a part which is part of our culture as it has become a piece of what we are. As the west became settled and the territories became states, the Old West was represented in dime novels, in live-action wild west shows, in movies, and in television shows. The cowboy of old became the rodeo performer, the tough frontier soldier was revived in the form of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, and the rowdiness of the old mining camp gave way to the towns of the oil boom. In this way the Old West has forever become a cornerstone of America.