Circle the Wagons!
Attacks on Wagon Trains in History and Hollywood Films
Gregory F Michno author Susan J Michno author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc
Published:15th Dec '17
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
It's a cinematic image as familiar as John Wayne's face: a wagon train circling as a defensive maneuver against Indian attacks. This book examines actual and fictional wagon-train battles and compares them for realism. It also describes how fledgling Hollywood portrayed the concept of westward migration but, as the evolving industry became more accurate in historical detail, how filmmakers then lost sight of the big picture.
“fascinating”—Western Clippings; “Gregory F. Michno, and co-author Susan J. Michno, are on a mission. They are out to set the record straight on the ‘did they or didn’t they?’ question regarding Indian attacks on pioneer wagon trains. Circle the Wagons! does an admirable job of reporting the facts and setting the record straight. The Michnos’ modern myth-busting proceeds through 35 chapters, each recounting--often in gruesome, stomach-churning detail--one or more documented attacks on pioneer wagon trains and the attacks’ chilling aftermaths”—Arm Chair General.
ISBN: 9781476672366
Dimensions: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm
Weight: 408g
246 pages