SOURCE: “Malaeska's Revenge; or, The Dime Novel Tradition in Popular Fiction,” in Wanted Dead or Alive: The American West in Popular Culture, edited by Richard Aquila, University of Illinois Press, 1996, pp. 21-42.
In the essay below, Bold examines the role of dime novels, pulp fiction, and the commodification of literature in transforming views about the West.
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