Television westerns [electronic resource] : six decades of sagebrush sheriffs, scalawags, and sidewinders / Alvin H. Marill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / by Jon Burlingame -- Introduction -- Defending range justice on the tube -- Coming of age on the tv frontier -- The western Disney style and the pivotal years -- From Wagon train and Bonanza to The Virginian and The big valley -- The made-for western saddles up -- The great western miniseries -- Cartoon westerns -- Western documentaries -- Western-themed series episodes -- Heading, alas, thataway!.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.