Author: Don Presnell Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476644446 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 216
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The Wild Wild West premiered on CBS in 1965, just as network dominance of television Westerns was waning and the global James Bond phenomenon was in full force. Described as "James Bond on horseback," the series was like nothing else on TV before or since--a genre hybrid that followed the adventures of 1870s Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon, on special assignment from President Ulysses S. Grant. The show featured clever gadgets and costumes, carefully choreographed action and fight sequences, and stories that melded elements of Western, science fiction, fantasy, espionage and detective genres. This book provides in-depth critical analysis of this unique, eclectic series, considered one of the primary influences on Steampunk subculture.
Author: Terry Lee Anderson Publisher: Stanford University Press ISBN: 9780804748544 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 290
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Cooperation, not conflict, is emphasized in a study that casts America's frontier history as a place in which local people helped develop the legal framework that tamed the West.
Author: Susan Kesler Publisher: ISBN: 9781984030436 Category : Languages : en Pages : 250
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This is the 30th Anniversary reissue (2018) of Susan E. Kesler's definitive book, The Wild Wild West, The Series (1988). Completely re-edited and redesigned, much of the previous book's overall style and content remains. Lots of color has been added, along with cleaner copy and fresh material. There are great photos of the original book's 1988 San Diego Comic-Con launch. This is an absolute MUST for any fan of the series.
Author: Robert Vaughan Publisher: Berkley ISBN: 9780425163726 Category : Government investigators Languages : en Pages : 0
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First in the wild, wild new series...Based on the classic TV show, The Wild, Wild West TMBetween television reruns on TNT and the upcoming blockbuster film, action fans will be going Wild...Robert Conrad starred as federal agent James West. Ross Martin played his wily partner Artemis Gordon. The frontier was wild, the weapons were wilder -- and the villains were wildest of all.Now considered a cult classic -- with popular reruns on the TNT network -- The Wild, Wild West TM is being adapted for a major motion picture.Soon all of America will be going wild -- for Berkley Boulevard's all-new series of books based on TV's wildest western
Author: Michael Wallis Publisher: Abrams ISBN: 161312144X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 750
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An extensively illustrated day-by-day adventure that tells the stories of pioneers and cowboys, gold rushes, and saloon shoot-outs on America’s frontier. Beginning in the nineteenth century, the lure of land rich in minerals, fertile for farming, and plentiful with buffalo bred an all-out obsession with heading westward. The Wild West: 365 Days takes you back to these booming frontier towns that became the stuff of American legend, breeding characters such as Butch Cassidy and Jesse James. Prize-winning journalist and historian Michael Wallis spins a colorful narrative, separating myth from fact, in 365 vignettes. Learn the stories of Davy Crockett, Wild Bill Hickok, and Annie Oakley; travel to the O.K. Corral and Dodge City; ride with the Pony Express; and witness the invention of the Colt revolver. Included throughout are images drawn from Robert G. McCubbin’s extensive collection of Western memorabilia, encompassing rare books, photographs, ephemera, and artifacts, including Billy the Kid’s knife.
Author: The Gagnon Family Publisher: ISBN: 9781946389121 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Meet Cowboy Joel and Blackbeard the lizard. Both are missin' some parts, but will that keep 'em from standin' up to El Maton and winnin' the wild wild west?