December 13, 2002

At 100, the Western Still Spurs Scholars

By PETER MONAGHAN

Books and conferences take new looks at the most prominent genre in American culture

His execution of justice complete, his six-shooter still warm, the maverick

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horseman rides out of town, almost certainly into a sunset.

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