Television westerns

Marill, Alvin H.

Television westerns six decades of sagebrush sheriffs, scalawags, and sidewinders / [electronic resource] : Alvin H. Marill. - Lanham : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2011. - xii, 177 p.

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.






Western television programs--United States.


Electronic books.

PN1992.8.W4 / M38 2011

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