by Philip French

New York: Oxford University Press, (1977).

First Revised and expanded edition, first printing.

Publisher's printed review slip laid in.

Enhanced with a generous supply of sixty-one black-and-white film stills.

A film study of the Western's development and influences showing it's capacity for adapting to its time.

French examines how Westerns portray minorities, women, heroes, and villains, and how Westerns reflect politics, society, and culture, and analyzes the impact made on the development of the genre, in modern Westerns.

Light foxing to outer upper page edges, else fine in black linen with silver embossed titles to the spine; in a near fine dust jacket with a half-inch tear to the upper edge of the front panel; original $10.00 price still intact to the front inner flap.

Well-preserved and presentable.

The revised edition with more information is the preferred edition.

Octavo; 208 pages; filmography; bibliography; index.