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Westerns and Western Subgenres in Film, Literature, and TV

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"The Old West is not a certain place in a certain time, it's a state of mind."

-Darryl Ponicsan

(ca. Tom Mix Died for Your Sins: A Novel Based on His Life (New York: Delacorte Press, 1975), p. 135)

Westerns of the Week

Cowboys & Aliens

Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL VAN LENTE

In 1873 Arizona, the continuous battle between a Native American tribe and white settlers is halted when an alien spaceship lands in the desert with plans to conquer Earth.

Nope

Call Number: DVD MOVIE NOPE

Two siblings who run a California horse ranch discover something wonderful and sinister in the skies above, and the owner of an adjacent theme park tries to profit from the mysterious, otherworldly phenomenon.

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