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10 - The Western and film

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2016

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Stacey Peebles
Edited by
Steven Frye
Steven Frye
Affiliation:
California State University, Bakersfield
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The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the American West , pp. 119 - 135
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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  • The Western and film
  • Edited by Steven Frye, California State University, Bakersfield
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the American West
  • Online publication: 05 May 2016
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316155097.011
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  • Edited by Steven Frye, California State University, Bakersfield
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  • Edited by Steven Frye, California State University, Bakersfield
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the American West
  • Online publication: 05 May 2016
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316155097.011
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