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Gunlock; or, From Cowboy to Taxi Driver

In times of moral confusion, I turn to my collection of a gajillion western paperbacks from the 1940s and 1950s*. Their bold colors and bolder titles (such as Action by Night, Gunsmoke Justice, Dig the Spurs Deep) bring me back to my center. Good/bad. Right/wrong. Yes/no. 
The one-two punch of pulp writers, who must have banged […]

Posted on September 13th, 2008 under Campaign '08, Cowboy Mythos, Film Reviews, Men Were Men and Women Were Women, Movie Quotes, Origins and Originals, Pulp Westerns and Paperbacks; Book Reviews, What Would Gary Cooper Do?. Tags: , , , , , , , , . Comments: 7

The Cowboy Code

It’s difficult to be perfect, and when I was young that’s what I thought Roy Rogers and his singing cowboy comrades were. Too clean, too prissy, and too good. Now I love these Nudie cowboys, although personally I’ll take a grim James Stewart with a holster any day. Universal Pictures/Photofest
Now where was I? Oh yes, […]

Posted on July 10th, 2008 under Best Western Lists, Cowboy Mythos, CowboyLands Lists, What Would Gary Cooper Do?, Wild Western Web. Tags: , , , , , . Comments: 2