Now Available: How the West Was Written: Frontier Fiction, Vol. 2, 1907-1915 by Ron Scheer

The Education of a Pulp Writer: How the West Was Written: Frontier Fiction, Vol. 2, 1907-1915 by Ron Scheer: During the years 1907–1915, frontier fiction boomed with new writers, and the success of Owen Wister’s The Virginian (1902) began to make itself felt in their work. That novel had made the bestseller lists for two years running. With the continued popularity of Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West show, and the appearance of one-reeler westerns on movie screens, many featuring the adventures of Bronco Billy Anderson, the cowboy hero was becoming an established mythic figure in the public imagination.

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