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Myth and memory in 'Joaquín Murieta'
How a forgotten Cherokee writer’s 1854 dime novel wove its way into the Chicano movement, the modern western and Batman
Chase Woodruff
Apr 25, 2021
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Consider the sagebrush
Towards a simple test for the categorization of Western literature
Chase Woodruff
Aug 19, 2021
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Bloody beef
The spectacular, structureless violence of 'Yellowstone,' America's most-watched cable series
Chase Woodruff
Feb 19
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The West's oldest surviving literature is being destroyed
On petroglyphs, language and the inexpressible
Chase Woodruff
Jul 2, 2021
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The end of the mystery
What to do when the only histories are ghost stories
Chase Woodruff
Dec 31, 2021
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'Roughing It' and the Western roots of an American voice
Or, why it wasn't Bret Harte who ended up being taught in every classroom in the country
Chase Woodruff
May 14, 2021
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An interview with 'Saving Yellowstone' author Megan Kate Nelson
"I think this was a moment when the federal government reached for something higher."
Chase Woodruff
Mar 1
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The time Colorado's most iconic national park became a British lord's private hunting ground
Estes Park, the Earl of Dunraven and the West's forgotten history of aristocrat land grabs
Chase Woodruff
Oct 30, 2021
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'The Holly' and how things work
Plus: some Western book recs. It's the shortest one yet!
Chase Woodruff
May 20, 2021
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The time Colorado's governor aimed cannons at Denver City Hall
On the Populists, Soapy Smith and the changing face of the con
Chase Woodruff
May 2, 2021
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