At 100, the Western Still Spurs Scholars

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

By PETER MONAGHAN

His execution of justice complete, his six-shooter still warm, the maverick horseman rides out of town, almost certainly into a sunset.

Our hero's been beaten up. He's been plugged. Against long odds, he has shot up a gang of blackhats. He is a champion of values that...

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