A shoot-out with the gunman’s vengeful outlaw buddies sends Jim on the run with an unwanted reputation as a dangerous gunslinger. And when he hires on as a cowhand, Jim risks being strung up as a rustler and murderer—unless he can use his wits ..
But the few who crossed the young drifter knew there was nothing he liked better than a good fight. When cattleman Jim Targ challenges Sartain''s right to ride across an unclaimed stretch of meadow, Sartain decides he''ll do better tha..
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When first published in 1969, Horizons West was immediately recognised as the definitive critical account of the Western film and some of its key directors. This greatly expanded new edition is, like the original, written in a ..
Sam Peckinpah (1925-1984), an accomplished writer and director of television westerns, did not attract media attention until the release of his second feature-length film, the award-winning ...
Greed, suspicion and hypocrisy flourish as family and other hangers-on compete to be shown preference in the inheritance of the aging Martin Chuzzlewit. Dickens explores the theme of selfishness, but also its converse - generosity, friendship and loyalty -..
