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      Sensational News

      Jeremy Agnew

      Sensationalistic stories have attracted readers for as long as reading has been a popular form of entertainment. This study of sensationalism describes how newspapers added lurid details of crime, murder…

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      Medicine in the Old West

      Jeremy Agnew

      The healing arts as practiced in the Old West often meant the difference between life and death for American pioneers. This title addresses the perils to health that were present…

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      Entertainment in the Old West: Theater, Music, Circuses, Medicine Shows, Prizefighting and Other Popular Amusements

      Jeremy Agnew

      Exploring the heyday of popular theater in the Old West, this book chronicles its emergence and growth from 1850 to the early twentieth century, and tells the story of the…

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      Life of a Soldier on the Western Frontier

      Jeremy Agnew

      Focusing on the Indian Wars period of the 1840s through the 1890s, Life of a Soldier on the Western Frontier captures the daily challenges faced by the typical enlisted man…

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      Prohibition and Bootlegging in the American West

      Jeremy Agnew

      Offers a history of Prohibition in the Western US that includes stories that range from serious to quirky, providing an entertaining account of how misguided efforts resulted in numerous unintended…

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      The Old West in Fact and Film: History Versus Hollywood

      Jeremy Agnew

      Starting with early 1900s Western movies, the narrative follows the evolution in look, style, and content as the films matured from short vignettes of good-versus-bad into the modern plots. The…

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      Alcohol and Opium in the Old West: Use, Abuse and Influence

      Jeremy Agnew

      This book explores the role and influence of drink and drugs (primarily opium) in the Old West, which for this book is considered to be America west of the Mississippi…

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      The Creation of the Cowboy Hero: Fiction, Film and Fact

      Jeremy Agnew

      As business interests have commercialized the American West and publishers and studios have created a compelling image of the West, the expectations of readers and moviegoers have influenced public perception…

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      Spanish Influence on the Old Southwest: A Collision of Cultures

      Jeremy Agnew

      Spanish conquistadors arrived in Central America 150 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. This is the story of how Spanish explorers, soldiers and men of the church pushed…

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      Crime, Justice and Retribution in the American West, 1850-1900

      Jeremy Agnew

      To provide a realistic account of criminal justice, this book provides a factual history of crime and punishment in the Old West from about 1850 to 1900. The focus is…

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      The Age of Dimes and Pulps: A History of Sensationalist Literature, 1830-1960

      Jeremy Agnew

      Presents a history of dime novels and pulp magazines from approximately 1850 to 1960, describing how sensational pulp literature filled a need among readers and flowered during the evolving social…

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      Healing Waters: A History of Victorian Spas

      Jeremy Agnew

      Rooted in the palliative health reforms of the early 19th century, spas of the Victorian Age grew out of the hydrotherapy institutions of the 1840s. The treatments, though sometimes of…

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      The Landscapes of Western Movies: A History of Filming on Location, 1900-1970

      Jeremy Agnew

      Chronicles the history of filming Westerns on location, from shooting on the East Coast in the early 1900s; through the use of locations in Utah, Arizona, and California in the…

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      The Electric Corset and Other Victorian Miracles: Medical Devices and Treatments from the Golden Age of Quackery

      Jeremy Agnew

      Takes a thorough look at unconventional medical gadgets, as well as the strange devices and therapies used by both fringe and legitimate healers, and places them in the perspective of…

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      Brides of the Multitude - Prostitution in the Old West

      Jeremy Agnew

      Brides of the Multitude is a fascinating, historically accurate account of why prostitution ran rampant in the Old West during the prudish Victorian period of the United States. It explains…

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      The Comintern: A History of International Communism from Lenin to Stalin

      Jeremy Agnew,Kevin McDermott

      By incorporating the most recent Western and Soviet research the authors explain the legendary complexities of Comintern history and chart its degeneration from a revolutionary internationalist organisation into an obedient…

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