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Folklore and Literature: Mody C. Boatwright

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SOURCE: "The American Myth Rides the Range: Owen Wister's 'Man on Horseback'," in Southwest Review, Vol. XXXVI, No. 3, Summer, 1951, pp. 157-63.

In the following essay, Boatwright critiques the image of the cowboy as hero, particularly in the works of Owen Wister.

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