{"product_id":"2940148330523","title":"About Western Movies","description":"Can the Western movie genre be revived? Will it ever return to its rightful place as America's most popular art form?\u003cbr\u003eIn this new work, renegade essayist Karl \"King\" Wenclas argues that the fate of the Western movie is indivisible from America's fate. It's an expression of America's freedom and of man's need for freedom. No nation can survive without its myths. The Western movie is America's mythic art.\u003cbr\u003eFew things are more beautiful than the image of a rider crossing a vast landscape on a horse.\u003cbr\u003ePart I gives a short history of the Western genre, tracing its rise and decline.\u003cbr\u003ePart II asks what makes a great Western. The top ten Westerns of all time are then listed and discussed. \u003cbr\u003ePart III addresses other questions. Such as, \"Heroes and Villains,\" and, \"Who is the greatest Western star: Clint Eastwood or John Wayne?\" The section compares both versions of \"True Grit,\" and looks at the question of the authentic Western.\u003cbr\u003ePart IV ranks the next ten greatest Westerns. Then dozens of other Westerns which didn't make the list are discussed. The future of the Western is considered, solutions given, while explaining the Western movie's romance and magic.\u003cbr\u003eFinally, Part V is an in-depth Case Study of a single Western movie: \"Westward the Women.\"\u003cbr\u003eIn separate essays, the author looks at \"Sex in the Western,\" Spaghetti Westerns, \"Top Western Babes,\" the Anti-Western, and much more; topics both serious and light. The writing throughout is provocative, informative, and fun. Surprises abound.\u003cbr\u003eDo you enjoy Western movies? Have you seen few of them but would like to learn more?\u003cbr\u003eHigh brow or low brow, or just a fan, this is a book which can be read again and again. It makes a great movie viewing companion. Buy it and discover what Western movies are about.","brand":"American Pop Lit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067828682992,"sku":"2940148330523","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148330523_p0.jpg?v=1763701285","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148330523","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}