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© 2012 by Mary Lea Bandy

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bandy, Mary Lea.
    Ride, boldly ride: the evolution of the American
western / Mary Lea Bandy and Kevin Stoehr.
    p. cm.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  ISBN 978-0-520-25866-2 (cloth : alk. paper)
  I. Western films—United States—History and
criticism. I. Stoehr, Kevin, 1967-. II. Title.
  PN1995.9.W4B255 2012
  791.436'278—dc23                    20120149 5 5

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