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Archive for September, 2009

Writing the West; or, the West’s Westness, Part 1

A recent trip to the LA’s Autry National Center of the American West, aka the Cowboy Museum, yielded huge Westness moments. I don’t remember much of it–being so transported in ecstasy I wasn’t on the earthly plane–but I know I took a lot of pictures.
What is Westness? It’s the romantic thing that anything West of [...]

Posted on September 17th, 2009 under Cowboy Mythos, Origins and Originals, The Good the Bad the Fugly, WestWays: Traveling in the American West. Tags: , , , , , , , , . Comments: None

Elmer Kelton 1926-2009; or, Happy Trails

“I have often been asked how my characters differ from the traditional, larger-than-life heroes of the mythical West,” Mr. Kelton said in an interview with The Dallas Morning News in 2007. “ ‘Those,’ I reply, ‘are seven feet tall and invincible. My characters are 5-8 and nervous.’ ”

Elmer Kelton died August 22 in Texas, after a long [...]

Posted on September 3rd, 2009 under Cowboy Mythos, On This Day in Western History, Origins and Originals, Pulp Westerns and Paperbacks; Book Reviews, The Good the Bad the Fugly. Tags: , , , , , . Comments: None