AP American History The Myth and Reality of the American West We have all heard the stories about the old west. There are the infamous gunfights‚ the cowboys that steal all of the women’s hearts‚ and the many stagecoach robberies. But how can we tell fact from fiction? Where is the line drawn between the reality of the American west and the myth portrayed in the numerous books and movies? Everything may not have been as adventurous as we believe‚ or as glamorous. But the real question is:
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Bull riding is the epitome of rodeo excitement. Nothing quite compares with man vs. beast when one outweighs the other by about 10 to one. With nothing but a rope separating them‚ the cowboy must hang on to the rope with one hand for eight seconds. With 2‚000-plus pounds of angry beast doing everything in its power to toss you off‚ you will need the following equipment for bull riding. First you need a Protective Vest‚ invented by Professional Bull Rider (PBR) Cody Lambert‚ is worn by the PBR athletes
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candidates‚ harsh stance on the 47% of Americans who don’t pay income tax. To portray this ridiculous accusation‚ Horsey drew a cowboy accompanied by his horse‚ wanting to shake Mitt Romney’s hand but he refuses. Cowboys make less than 30‚000 dollars a year‚ which put them in the category of the 47% of Americans that don’t pay income taxes. Horsey is implying that since cowboys fall into that category they are not “worthy” of Mitt Romney’s handshake. This hybrid cartoon is drawn in one frame‚ in color
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The 1949 novel Shane by Jack Schaefer‚ is the story of a cowboy‚ who rode into a small town in Wyoming in the summer of ’89 by the name of Shane. Little did the people of that town know that Shane would soon change all of their lives forever. In this western novel‚ Shane represents the character that plays the American Western Hero which is a character that is shown in many different books‚ movies‚ and tall-tales. It is a character that America has come to not only know and love‚ but also to rely
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generally west of the Mississippi‚ truly makes for great human history. Often‚ however‚ myth’s and other tales creep into Old West history causing confusion and chaos about the reality of it all. Mythological characters such as the heroic figure of a cowboy and the villains Wild Bill and Calamity Jane are merely a mirage to the Old West’s real perception of people. Both heroic and villain characters base upon the Old West’s society of people who stood and fought till the end. In reality of the Old West
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gone without audiences remembering even the title of the film. However‚ Ang Lee’s film Brokeback Mountain (2005) (BKM‚ exp. 1) is a controversial film that stuck different emotions among viewers such as‚ “’Gay cowboy movie’ shatters stereotypes” (Clinton‚ sec. 2) with two handsome young cowboys Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) who fall in love‚ which is not viewer’s typical western genre expectation. While Ang Lee’s‚ Brokeback Mountain‚ will remain an important piece of
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Cattle Herding – A Brief HistoryArticle Selections: The Origin of Cattle Driving & Beef Trade – Pre/Post Civil War | Origin of Cattle Driving Figure [ 1 ] Drovers about to start a drive As early as 1836‚ ranchers in Texas began to drive cattle along a "Beef Trail" to New Orleans. In the 1840s‚ cattle drives expanded northward into Missouri. The towns of Sedalia‚ Baxter Springs‚ Springfield‚ and St. Louis became principal markets. The Shawnee Trail‚ also known as the Texas Road or
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with each other. It is a romantic tragedy in that contains the genre’s strongest and most popular theme: forbidden love. Simultaneously‚ however‚ the film can be classified as a Western due to the two main characters’ stereotypical embodiment of the cowboy persona. Brokeback Mountain is also eligible to be placed in the romantic tragedy genre. Lee tries to advertise this as the film’s main characterization with his use of landscape‚ advertisement‚ and themes. Lee’s use of landscape plays a huge part
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Accessories Of The Old West Hats Shirts Trousers Hats In the Old West hats were extremely popular. They were an essential accessory to Cowboys. These hats were mostly made up of Stampede strings and leather or horse hair. Stampede strings were used to prevent the hat from blowing off when Cowboys went at extreme speeds while horse riding. The string was installed by running it half-way around the crown of the hat. Then through the holes on each side. Its ends were then knotted
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choices where made as to where their farm was going to be the whole family living on the farm had to work‚ usually around 14 hours a day. Another difficulty that would run into farmers and their land was cowboys and their cows. The cows would march right into the farms and eat anything green‚ but the cowboys wouldn’t stop them and make them head another direction because where ever they went was then their land. But farmers fixed that by putting barb wire all the way around their property. I chose
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